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| 02AMMAN4063 | JORDAN WILL SUPPORT SPANISH-MOROCCAN UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on the Spanish-Moroccan Understanding to Ali Al-Ayed, Personal Aide to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed said that Jordan agreed fully with the U.S. view and would do what it could to support efforts to resolve the issue. Gnehm [...] |
2002-07-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP EU XF JO |
| 02MADRID4435 | SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...] |
2002-12-05 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP |
| 02VATICAN1176 | ANDORRA TO OPEN EMBASSY TO THE VATICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT PREL SP VT VTIS |
| 03ABUDHABI4595 | DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR THE MADRID CONFERENCE ON THE [...] On October 12, econchief called Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani to confirm that the UAE Minister of Finance had received the Spanish invitation and to urge a concerted UAEG effort to recruit a high-level private sector delegation to travel [...] |
2003-10-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP PREL IZ SP TC |
| 03BRUSSELS4143 | FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS), which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A), provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...] |
2003-08-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO1809 | Iraq Donors Conference: Ambassador reviews [...] (C) Ambassador Lunstead reviewed Secretary Powell's message on the upcoming Iraq Donors Conference with Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando during their October 17 meeting. Fernando listened intently to the Secretary's points and seemed genuinely interested in SIPDIS the conference. He not [...] |
2003-10-17 06:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CE IZ SP UN |
| 03COLOMBO1818 | Iraq Donors Conference: GSL will send Paris [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's October 17 meeting with Foreign Minister Fernando regarding the upcoming Iraq Donors Conference, polchief spoke with Sarala Fernando, the MFA's Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, on October 20. Fernando said Ananda Goonesekara, Sri Lanka's Am [...] |
2003-10-20 10:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CE IZ SP UN |
| 03GUATEMALA724 | MENCHU CASE ADVANCES IN SPAIN [...] Summary: With broad coverage in the Guatemalan press, the Spanish Supreme Court reportedly accepted Spanish jurisdiction for Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu's case against six Guatemalan military leaders and two civilian officials linked to torture and murder of Spanish citizens in Guatemala i [...] |
2003-03-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS SP GT |
| 03MADRID4409 | SPAIN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Actions against Al Qaeda Operatives Building on arrests made in 2001 and 2002, Spanish police made additional arrests of Al Qaeda suspects during 2003. In January, police arrested 16 North African (mostly Algerian) nationals in Catalunya suspected of having ties with al Qaeda operatives in [...] |
2003-12-11 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP |
| 03ROME4585 | U/S BOLTON AND SPANISH FM PALACIO DISCUSS ARTICLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON MET SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER ANA PALACIO IN ROME ON OCTOBER 3 TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON SIGNING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS AND SPAIN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS. FM PALACIO AGREED TO REVIEW NEW ARTICLE 98 LANGUAGE THAT MAY SATISFY EU CONCERNS ABOUT SCOPE [...] |
2003-10-07 12:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP IR SP IAEA KICC |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5992 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...] |
2003-10-24 19:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1724 | STATUS OF HONDURAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY: Training continues for the all volunteer Task Force Xatruch (TFX), the 370 soldier contingent Honduras plans to deploy to Iraq by mid-August. The task force is composed of 35 officers and 335 enlisted soldiers. TFX will deploy as part of the Spanish Brigade in the Polish Division [...] |
2003-07-22 19:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV SP PL HO |
| 03THEHAGUE1959 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ETA YOUTH DEMONSTRATE IN [...] The Basque youth movement Segi held a small demonstration in the Netherlands this weekend despite its being designated by the EU as a terrorist organization "internal" to Europe and by the Dutch government under its national sanctions law as a group with whom financial transactions are prohib [...] |
2003-08-05 11:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PTER SP NL EUN |
| 04BOGOTA2067 | AZNAR VISITS COLOMBIA [...] (U) Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar came to Colombia to express his solidarity with President Alvaro Uribe's fight against terrorism and to underscore Spanish assistance to Colombia. He also addressed a forum on Democracy and Development in Latin America, organized by the International Fo [...] |
2004-02-27 20:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER PGOV CO SP VE |
| 04CARACAS3826 | CHAVEZ'S ANTI-IMPERIALIST MISSIONARY JOURNEY [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Spain, Libya, Russia, Iran, and Qatar during November 23-30 as part of what GOV officials called an "international offensive" to promote the new phase of the Bolivarian Revolution. In Spain, Chavez capitalized on Foreign Minister Moratino's assertion that the [...] |
2004-12-10 21:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON VE SP RS IR QA |
| 04MADRID1000 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SALVATORE SCALONE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Inspector Salvatore Scalone, Supervisor, Airworthiness Unit, Technical Branch, Flight Standards Division, to travel to Madrid March 28-April 2 to attend the European BE-1900 Operators Conference prepared by Raytheon Airlines at the Hotel We [...] |
2004-03-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1002 | SPAIN:HUMANITARIAN AID FOR HAITI [...] We received Spain's response to reftel from Felipe Bragado de las Heras, Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain has donated EUR 300,000 (USD 366,000 at an exchange rate of EUR 1.0=USD 1.21) to the United Nations Flash Appeal for Haiti [...] |
2004-03-25 09:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL HA SP |
| 04MADRID1007 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA KILMARTIN, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA/SLD William E. Kilmartin, John E. Gerrard, and David G. Kostorowski, to travel to Madrid March 28-31 to conduct meetings with Government of Spain officials regarding the Megaports Initiative. 2. As requested reftel, reservations h [...] |
2004-03-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1014 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRACY A. HALL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Econ Officer Tracy A. Hall to travel to Madrid from March 28-30 to attend the Meeting of the EU Northern Dimension's "Partnership in Health and Social Well-Being," which is to be chaired by Sweden. 2. Embassy understands that no further ass [...] |
2004-03-25 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1024 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL HAROLD LINK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Harold Link, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado to travel to Pamplona April 01-04 to participate in the International Electrotechnical Commission, Maintenance Team 12 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands [...] |
2004-03-26 09:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1027 | REBUILDING IRAQ: MADRID SUBCONTRACTING [...] We are working with the Spanish Council of Chambers of Commerce to organize the April 29 Madrid visit of Admiral David Nash and delegation. The Council is open to inviting other European and Moroccan companies to participate. The Council agrees with the format for the conference suggested r [...] |
2004-03-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1040 | SPAIN:AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE RESPONSE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Continental Asia Alejandro E. Albargonzalez San Martin told us March 25 that Spain's delegation will not be making new commitments to Afghanistan at the Berlin Conference. He noted that while Spain will carry out its previous pledge of $113 million through [...] |
2004-03-29 05:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV AF SP NATO |
| 04MADRID1052 | SPAIN: UPDATE ON ZAPETERO'S CABINET SELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Future Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is revealing his cabinet selections on a piecemeal basis as the government formation process procedes. Thus far he has officially named Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega as First Vice President of Government and Minister of th [...] |
2004-03-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1058 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/NOAA SYBIL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sybil Seitzinger, Program Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), to travel to Santiago de Compostela March 30-April 4 to attend the Conference Planning Committee for the Ameri [...] |
2004-03-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID1061 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE RE ROAD SAFETY [...] We delivered reftel demarche to the MFA, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs. 2. In follow-up conversations with Ana Paredes, Subdirector General of Services for Technical Bodies and Rosario Bernal Garcia, Head of Ser [...] |
2004-03-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN AORC SP UN WHO |
| 04MADRID1072 | NEW SOCIALIST MAJORITY APPEARS STABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. The margin of the Socialist (PSOE) victory on March 14 should allow them to take power without any formal coalition agreements with smaller parties. While the PSOE's 164 seats fall 12 short of an absolute majority, it should allow them to govern stably, especially given the fac [...] |
2004-03-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1074 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met March 30 with Socialist defense minister-designate Jose Bono. The meeting was very pleasant and friendly, and Bono pledged to do his part to continue the fine relations the U.S. and Spain have developed over the years. He characterized himself as a "moderate soc [...] |
2004-03-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP |
| 04MADRID1079 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHR 60 RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met with Augustin Nunez, MFA Director General for UN Affairs (A/S equivalent) on March 26 to follow up on our initial March 23 approach to senior MFA officials regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Cuba and China resolutions (reftels A and B). We stressed our [...] |
2004-03-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC |
| 04MADRID1092 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORGE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona April 28-May 2 to participate in a post graduate course on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare at the Universidad Autonoma. 2. Embassy understands that [...] |
2004-04-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1095 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREASURY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott M. Albinson and Richard Riccobono, Office of Thrift Supervision, to travel to Madrid April 2-3 to meet with representatives of La Caixa. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...] |
2004-04-01 10:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1096 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF AND DEPSECSTATE [...] (C) Summary: When you meet with Jose Bono April 5 in Washington, you will find this long-time Socialist party "heavyweight" an affable, smooth politician who could be a pro-U.S. voice of reason in the new government headed up by Socialist Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. We [...] |
2004-04-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SP |
| 04MADRID1099 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO NPT PREPCOM III DEMARCHE [...] (C) We presented reftel points to Marcos Rodriguez Cantero in the office of International Disarmament Affairs at the MFA on March 30. Rodriguez, who will be Spain's delegate to the PrepCom, said Spain would support U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA Board of Governors and the Proliferation [...] |
2004-04-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP SP NPT IAEA |
| 04MADRID1108 | SPAIN'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING, NEEDS AND [...] There is a significant amount of intellectual property (IP) training and education in Spain sponsored by government ministries, police entities, and industry groups. To add to GOS efforts, we have arranged working breakfasts, roundtables, and lunches with the active participation of governmen [...] |
2004-04-02 09:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SP |
| 04MADRID1118 | SPAIN: PARTIAL RESPONSE TO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and letter April 2 to Guillermo Kirkpatrick, the MFA's Deputy Director General for International Disarmament Affairs. We addressed the letter to Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Javier Gil Catalina, the under secretary-level official who deals with [...] |
2004-04-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1122 | AMBASSADOR'S OUTREACH TO GALICIA [...] Summary: The Ambassador traveled March 30-31 to Santiago de Compostela, capital of the northwestern region of Galicia, to open the eighth in a series of regional seminars on E-Commerce and Internet for small and medium sized firms. The Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with President of [...] |
2004-04-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1131 | PROPOSED PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - SPAIN [...] Summary: Below is the text of a proposed public announcement for Spain. The EAC met today and determined that an updated Public Announcement was warranted in light of the discovery of a bomb on the rail line used by the high speed train connecting Madrid and Seville earlier today. End Summar [...] |
2004-04-05 06:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC SP PTER |
| 04MADRID1140 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL EFFORD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Efford members, Richard Efford, Professional Staff Member, House Appropriations Committee (HAC), Cheryle Tucker, Leigha M. Shaw, Michael Malone and John Blazey, also from HAC, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, April 11-18. The purpos [...] |
2004-04-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP |
| 04MADRID1141 | SPAIN TERRORISM UPDATE: MARCH 11 TERRORISTS BLOW [...] (SBU) Three weeks after the March 11 terror train bomb attacks, terrorism and the police fight against it continue to dominate the Spanish political and media landscape. In recent days, the police scored two successes: tracking down the suspected leaders of the March 11 attacks to a Madrid [...] |
2004-04-05 18:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1145 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARKUS RIES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Markus Ries, Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Sevilla April 22-25 to attend the 4th International Symposium on Lysosomal Storage Diseases Natural Course on Pathology and Therapy, an [...] |
2004-04-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1146 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS THOMAS D. LORENSON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geologist Thomas D. Lorenson to travel to Barcelona April 16-24 to participate in a series of working meetings dealing with USGS and international academic partners ocean drilling program Leg 204 post cruise meeting, "Drilling Gas [...] |
2004-04-06 09:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP |
| 04MADRID1154 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria May 24-28 to participate in the 2nd SPIE International Symposium "Fluctuation and Noise" and to give a lecture on "Proteins are Highly Inhomogeneous Systems." 2. [...] |
2004-04-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1155 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DENNIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis P. Roach from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid May 05-15 to conduct FAA-sponsored work on the inspection of composite and metallic structures using advanced health monitoring techniques and other work related to homelan [...] |
2004-04-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1180 | Consular response to Terrorist attacks in [...] Summary: March 11, 2004, eleven bombs went off in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring almost 1,500 in a series of attacks on commuter trains coming into Madrid and at three separate train stations between 7:30 and 8:00 am. Both the Consular Section and Embassy went into immediate action. [...] |
2004-04-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CPAS CVIS CMGT PTER SP |
| 04MADRID1186 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP MAR |
| 04MADRID1187 | ZAPATERO AND SPANISH TROOPS IN IRAQ: POLITICAL [...] (C) Political pressure is high on incoming Socialist President Rodriguez Zapatero to fulfill his campaign promise to pull the 1300 Spanish troops out of Iraq absent a new UN mandate giving the UN the lead role. Zapatero is on the hook to demonstrate to his supporters that his surprise election [...] |
2004-04-07 18:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID1188 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA JAMES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Hungerford, Research Chemist, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS to travel to Bayona-Vigo April 17-25 to present a lecture on seafood product research at the 11th Symposium on Sample Handling for Environmental and Biological Analysis. [...] |
2004-04-12 11:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1200 | INVESTITURE SCHEDULE FOR SPAIN'S NEW SOCIALIST [...] Summary. Spain's Congress of Deputies is slated to begin the investiture sessions to install the new Socialist government on April 15. Depending on whether the Socialist leader, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, receives an absolute majority or not on the first vote, he could be sworn in as Pres [...] |
2004-04-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1201 | SPANISH RESPONSE: PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1534 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL SP UNSC UN |
| 04MADRID1205 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joe Sostaric, Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Badajoz April 25-May 1 to give a presentation at the 9th Meeting of the European Society of Sonochemistry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary [...] |
2004-04-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1206 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS WILLIAM J. WINTERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS William J. Winters, Civil Engineer, to travel to Barcelona April 19-22 to present and discuss laboratory test results at the Ocean Drilling Program LEG 204 post-cruise meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] |
2004-04-14 09:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP |
| 04MADRID1207 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN CHU [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Chu, Associate Director for Science, NIP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Sevilla, May 6-9 to attend the 4th Symposium ESTEVE of Advances in Vaccines. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...] |
2004-04-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1208 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC JOANNE MEI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne Mei, Lead Research Chemist, Ph.D., Newborn Screening Branch, NCEH, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona April 24-28 to provide consultation to the Centre d'Etudis Epidemiologics sobre la Sida de Catalunya (CEESCAT). 2. Embassy understand [...] |
2004-04-14 09:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1210 | SUSANA ESTEVEZ TO HEAD SPANISH DELEGATION TO UN [...] Spain's MFA informed us that Spain will be represented to the April 14 UN Special Session in observance of World Health Day by Spain's Ambassador to the United Nations as well as by Susana Estevez, Head of International Relations, Ministry of Interior. 2. In a separate communication, the [...] |
2004-04-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN AORC SP UN WHO |
| 04MADRID1212 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC DAVID WARNOCK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Warnock, Microbiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Bilbao, May 15-18 to give a lecture on "The Epidemiology of Invasive Candidiasis" at the Congress of Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. 2. Embassy un [...] |
2004-04-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1213 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC SEAN GALLAGHER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean Gallagher, Research Physiologist, MIPB, NIOSH, CDC, DHHS to travel to Oviedo June 5-9 to visit the El Valle Gold Mine and the Carles Gold Mine to discuss the development of cooperative agreements and to observe gold mine operations. 2. [...] |
2004-04-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1217 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC BRIAN MAHY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Mahy, Senior Scientific Research Advisor, Office of the Director, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Madrid, April 22-25 to attend and be a speaker at the 2nd CISA Symposium on Animal Health. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nec [...] |
2004-04-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1223 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JORAM PIATIGORSKY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joram Piatigorsky, Senior Investigator, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid May 8-16 to attend a workshop titled "Genetic Control of Eye Development and its Evolutionary Implications." 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...] |
2004-04-14 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1523 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 3, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED FRENCH POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL PROCEEDED TO THE ARREST OF THE AL [...] |
2004-05-03 10:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1550 | TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EU EXPANSION: SPANISH PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY. In a recent report, Spain's largest employers' organization, the Confederacion Espanola de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE), highlighted the challenges and opportunities for Spain presented by EU enlargement. Opportunities include potential for increased trade and investment, whi [...] |
2004-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SP |
| 04MADRID1559 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA/EST OFFICER PAUL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA/EST Officer Paul Malik to travel to Barcelona May 15-19 to plan a meeting for a Middle East regional environmental workshop "Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture," organized with USDA and USEPA for Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli participants [...] |
2004-05-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV SP |
| 04MADRID1562 | SPANISH DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE COMMITTED TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Over lunch with the DCM and Economic Counselor May 3, Secretary of State for Budget and Finance Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez expressed his strong commitment to continued fiscal restraint and pushing forward Spain's economic reform agenda to spur competitiveness and enhance Spa [...] |
2004-05-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID1569 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AND INFORMATION PER REFTEL, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: SINGH, DILBAG - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 16, 1978, INDIA - AGE RANGE (26-30) - COMPLEXION: MEDIUM BUILD - EYES: BROWN - HAIR: SHORT BLACK [...] |
2004-05-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1570 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO EURO-MEDITERRANEAN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 3 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the EU states will be presenting their Middle East reform proposal (the EU's equivalent of our Greater Middle East Initiative) to the Arab states at [...] |
2004-05-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KMPI PHUM PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID1590 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVE SIMON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steve Simon, Expert, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid May 23-June 2 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association and the 2nd meeting of the I-131 working group for the In [...] |
2004-05-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1591 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Wojciech H. Zurek from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Santa Cruz de la Palma June 1-4 to present two papers titled: "Quantum Darwinism and Envariance" and "Decoherence and the Loschmidt Echo" at the University of La Lagun [...] |
2004-05-06 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1592 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC HENEINE, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DHHS/CDC Walid Heneine, Shoukat Qari, Jeffrey Johnson and Gerardo Garcia-Lerma to travel to Tenerife, June 8-12 to attend and present study data that supports CDC surveillance of transmitted HIV at the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Wor [...] |
2004-05-06 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1593 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GULDING, O'TOOLE, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA personnel John M. Gulding, Gary O'Toole, Patricia Friesenhahn, Julie Draper, and Angel L. Morales from FAA Washington, D.C. to travel to Madrid June 13-19 to participate in Working Group 2 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...] |
2004-05-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1601 | SPAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE REGARDING AMENDED UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SP UNGA |
| 04MADRID1619 | SPAIN BIOS ON OFFICIALS IN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, Spain's Council of Ministers has named new, top-level government officials. We are presenting biographical information on these new officials in three parts to keep you informed of our new political interlocutors in the Spanish government. This cable provid [...] |
2004-05-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1620 | SPAIN BIOS ON NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three part series on new top-level officials in the Spanish government. Biographical information on officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Defense is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Minis [...] |
2004-05-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1621 | SPAIN BIOS ON NEW JUSTICE AND INTERIOR [...] (U) Summary: This is the final of three cables on new top level official in the Spanish government. Biographical information on top officials in Spain's Ministries of Justice and Interior is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Ministries of the Presidency, Fo [...] |
2004-05-07 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1622 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA SP |
| 04MADRID1623 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOVA WADE STEVEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wade Steven Kingery, Attending Physician, VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, to travel to Madrid May 10-17 to participate as an invited speaker at the International Scientific Meeting, "Neuropathic Pain-Changin [...] |
2004-05-07 11:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1624 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA HERBERT, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA HQ and NASA Kennedy Space Center Clinton Herbert, Bernard Geldzahler, Timothy O'Brien, Bruce Ledford, John Kiriazes, and David Rainer to travel to Madrid, Moron, and Zaragoza, May 10-22 to hold meetings on security with tracking station of [...] |
2004-05-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1625 | REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE OF PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA SP |
| 04MADRID1636 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: AL-FETORY, SHEREF - ALIASES: AL-FAYTURI, SARIF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 10, 1973, BENGHAZI, LIBYA - CLASS: NEGATIVE - AL-FETORY RESI [...] |
2004-05-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL |
| 04MADRID1640 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA HQ and NASA Kennedy Space Center Jan F. McGarry, Michael Mishchenko, Richard Mushotzky, and Rebecca Gardner to travel to Madrid, San Fernando, Laredo May 10-July 9 to attend various meetings and workshops with NASA counterparts. 2. Emb [...] |
2004-05-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1651 | NEW SPANISH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY WANTS STRONG [...] SUMMARY: In his May 5 courtesy call on new Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce Jose Montilla, the Ambassador raised USG concerns on protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Spain. The Ambassador also asked Montilla if rumors are true that the new administration is considerin [...] |
2004-05-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SP |
| 04MADRID1652 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLIFFORD VOSS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clifford Voss, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to travel to Cartagena and Barcelona May 23 - June 13 to attend and participate in the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting (SWIM) and teach a workshop on seawater intrusion modeli [...] |
2004-05-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TPHY SENV ECON OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1656 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN EARLY MAY 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR TWO ASSOCIATES OF MOROCCAN NATIONAL AMER EL-AZIZI, WHO IS BEING SOUGHT AGGRESIVELY BY SPANISH POL [...] |
2004-05-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1657 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAR 23, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING SUSPECTED TERRORIST FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 OF MARCH 2004 TERRORIST AT [...] |
2004-05-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1690 | TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-12 10:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL TW SP WHO |
| 04MADRID1691 | NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE AID [...] This report is sensitive but unclassified and is not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) In an initial courtesy call on new Secretary General for the Spanish International Aid Agency (AECI) Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, de Laiglesia laid out the new Socialist government's vision for Spanish aid po [...] |
2004-05-12 10:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINR PGOV IZ SP |
| 04MADRID1708 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...] |
2004-05-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
| 04MADRID1713 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE CORRECT DOB FOR THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST REPORTED IN REFTEL. 2. NAME: KHAYATA KATTAN, ABDULLA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 24, 1961, ALEPPO, SYRIA - NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. KHAYATA WAS A KEY CONTACT OF DETAINED SPA [...] |
2004-05-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1716 | SPANISH POSITION ON ROLLOVER OF UNSCR 1487 [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on May 7. De Palacio stated while no decision had yet been made, Spain may abstain on the vote to roll over UN Security Council Resolution 1487 this year. He said that the change from voting in favor to abstaini [...] |
2004-05-13 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP UNSC KICC |
| 04MADRID1730 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA EDMOND BARATTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edmond Baratta, Radiation Safety Officer, WEAC, ORA, FDA, DHHS to travel to Madrid, May 22-28 to meet delegate for the Health Physics Society. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...] |
2004-05-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1731 | DCM'S MEETING WITH MFA STATE SECRETARY BERNARDINO [...] (C) DCM paid an initial call May 10 on MFA State Secretary Bernadino Leon, who said this was his first meeting SIPDIS with a foreign embassy since taking office. Leon made a point of saying that the new government wanted to have excellent relations with the U.S., especially on counter-terrorism in [...] |
2004-05-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID1732 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA MCCLELLAND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Vincent John McClelland and Ann Courtland Heinrich to travel to Madrid May 23-29 to participate in the International Radiation Protection Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remin [...] |
2004-05-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1733 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/S BILL BURNS [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA A/S Bill Burns, Staff Assistant Kevin Roland and EUCOM POLAD Terry Snell to travel to Madrid, May 18. 2. (U) Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Colin Cleary. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2386) [...] |
2004-05-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP AMGT PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1736 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARIA LANDI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Landi, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona May 28-June 1 to participate in the Melanoma Genetics Consortium Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necess [...] |
2004-05-14 07:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1739 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EVGUENIA I. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Evgenia I. Rainina from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to travel to Granada and Madrid May 21-June 3 to attend the Eigth World Congress on Biosensors in Granada, and attend the NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Madrid. 2. Emb [...] |
2004-05-14 08:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1741 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JACK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jack Bennink, Chief, Virology Immunology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, June 6-10 to Chair a session, "Immunodominance in Practice: Comparison Between [...] |
2004-05-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1742 | SPAIN: ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY [...] We spoke with high level officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (including the Spanish International Aid Agency) and Environment regarding reftel meetings. Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri expressed interest in sending a couple of his [...] |
2004-05-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ SP |
| 04MADRID1743 | NEW SPANISH ENVIRONMENT OFFICIAL ON BIOTECH AND [...] We met May 12 with the new Environment Ministry Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri. Our discussions focused on two of Gonzalo's key responsibilities: biotech and climate change. Biotech 2. We emphasized to Gonzalo the USG's interest in t [...] |
2004-05-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PINR SP |
| 04MADRID1762 | SPAIN'S POSITION ON UNSCR 1487 ROLLOVER NOT YET [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points May 14 to Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon. In addition to ref A points, Charge made clear that President Zapatero, Foreign Minister Moratinos and other high-level officials in the Zapatero government have stated a number of times they wish to maintai [...] |
2004-05-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP UNSC KICC |
| 04MADRID1763 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO MAY 17-18 EU FMS MEETING [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the new Spanish government would maintain Spain's previous policies on the issues being discussed at the next EU General Affairs and External Relat [...] |
2004-05-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID1767 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. DAVID DRASIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) Dr. David Drasin, Program Director in the Division of Mathematical Sciences to travel to Barcelona, Seville and Madrid June 3-24 to give lectures and attend conferences at the cities above mentioned. 2. Emb [...] |
2004-05-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP NSFO |
| 04MADRID1768 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALISA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alisa Goldstein, Principal Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona May 28-June 3 to give a presentation to the Melanoma Genetics Consortium. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...] |
2004-05-17 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1769 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARK EBERHARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Eberhard, Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Valencia July 18-24 to be the keynote speaker at a symposium and to participate in congresses, meetings and workshops during the IX European Multicolloquium o [...] |
2004-05-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1770 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA NICHOLAS J. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Nicholas J. Curro from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria Island May 25-28 to participate at the "Fluctuations and Noise in Materials" Conference held at Maspalomas. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...] |
2004-05-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1771 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA GLORIA ELENA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Gloria Elena Chavez from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid May 21-30 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...] |
2004-05-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1773 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MIKHAIL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mikhail Kashlev, Tenure Tack Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols in Catalunya and Seville May 29-June 5 to give a speech entitled "Cooperative Action of Chromatin-Remodelling" at the EURESCO Gene [...] |
2004-05-17 09:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1777 | SPAIN ON NON G-8 PLEDGES FOR CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND [...] We delivered reftel points to Francisco Arana Landa, Subdirector General for Nuclear Energy in the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Echoing the response he gave during our first approach on this issue (ref b), Arana said May 17 that no decisions have been made due to the change of gov [...] |
2004-05-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSCA SP |
| 04MADRID1792 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SMITH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Smith for travel to Madrid, May 23-25. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Joseph R. Babb. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2294) on his mobile (34-616-000-859) at home (34-91-575-0081) via fax (34-91-587-23 [...] |
2004-05-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP |
| 04MADRID1798 | SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO BECOME GLOBAL [...] Per reftel Pol-miloff met May 10 with Guillermo Kirkpatrick, MFA's Director General for International Arms Control Affairs to revisit this issue. Kirkpatrick said given the new government is still getting into place, it is highly unlikely the GOS will make a decision on whether to become a G [...] |
2004-05-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1806 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ [...] According to our contact at the Ministry of Economy, the GOS will be represented at the Doha Meeting by Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido of the Ministry of Economy's General Directorate for International Finance, and the Director of the Spanish Commercial Office in Dubai, UAE, [...] |
2004-05-19 10:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SP |
| 04MADRID1813 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA GERALD SCOTT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, to travel to Madrid May 30-June 5 to participate in the 2004 International Commission for Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Exploratory Meeting for East Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefish Tuna. [...] |
2004-05-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID1814 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS SCOTT, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Fishery Biologists Gerald Scott, Mauricio Ortiz, Shannon Cass-Calay and Craig Brown to travel to Madrid June 25-July 5 to attend the Conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. 2. Embassy und [...] |
2004-05-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID1815 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Beauchamp, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-8 to present a talk entitled "Integration of Auditory and Visual Information about Objects in Superior Temporal Sulcus" at the [...] |
2004-05-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1816 | TERRORIST FINANCING: SPAIN'S ABILITY TO FREEZE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN ECON PREL ETTC SP |
| 04MADRID1817 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC PALMER, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Sarah Palmer, Joseph Fitzgibbon, Michael Ussery, Frank Maldarelli and John Coffin to travel to Tenerife, Canary Islands, June 4-13 to participate in the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop Meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...] |
2004-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID1818 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC LAWRENCE COX [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Associate Director, ORM, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, June 8-12 to attend the Privacy in Statistical Data Bases Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...] |
2004-05-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1831 | SPAIN: DISAPPOINTED BUT STILL ENGAGED AFTER [...] (C) Spanish MFA officials were upset that Equatorial Guinean President Obiang allowed the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy Party (CPDS) to pick up only a handful of seats in the April 25 legislative elections. Citing serious voting irregularities, Spanish officials concluded that t [...] |
2004-05-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EK SP |
| 04MADRID1832 | SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SEES NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met May 18 with Pablo Gomez de Olea, the MFA's deputy director general for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Gomez assured us the Zapatero government will maintain a tough stance on Cuba and will not unilaterally backtrack on the EU's strict common position on C [...] |
2004-05-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CU SP |
| 04MADRID1833 | SPAIN: READOUT ON US-EU OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS [...] SUMMARY: We spoke May 18 with Deputy Director for Air Transportation Development Eugenia Llorens, who participated in the latest round of US-EU open skies negotiations, about matters contained in Reftel A and her views on the possible outcome of the negotiations and its implications for Spain [...] |
2004-05-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SP |
| 04MADRID1834 | SPAIN REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS ICAO GROUP II RE- [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Embassy received a dip note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation requesting USG support and affirmative vote for the GOS's reelection as member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, Group II [...] |
2004-05-20 07:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SP ICAO |
| 04MADRID1836 | IMPLEMENTATION OF EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING [...] In response to reftel request for information on implementation and enforcement of the new EU Traceability and Labeling (T&L) for food and feed regulations, we talked to the Spanish Food Safety Agency, the Spanish Food and Beverage Federation and the Spanish Feed Compounders Association regard [...] |
2004-05-20 09:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EU TBIO SP |
| 04MADRID1837 | SPAIN ON HYDROFLOUROCARBONS [...] We delivered reftel points to the Ministries of Environment and Industry, Tourism and Trade. Juan Martinez Sanchez, Environment Ministry Subdirector General for Environmental Quality, responded May 18 that the new Socialist Administration is currently studying the draft regulation and therefo [...] |
2004-05-20 10:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD XG BEXP SENV SP USTR |
| 04MADRID1838 | NEW SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE SUPPORTS [...] SUMMARY: In our first meeting with new Secretary of State for Tourism and Trade Pedro Mejia Gomez, he told us that Spain fully supported EU Trade Commissioner Lamy's efforts to move forward Doha negotiations and was not overly concerned about potential loss of agriculture subsidies, as long as [...] |
2004-05-20 10:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SENV EAGR SP |
| 04MADRID1842 | IRAQI ASSETS: RASHEED BANK ASSETS LOCATED IN SPAIN [...] (C) Working level contacts at SEPBLAC, Spain's financial intelligence unit, informed us that they located the suspected Rasheed Bank (REF A) assets during a recent unannounced (REF B) investigation of Banco Arab Espanol. The numbered account contained USD 25,863.79 and has been dormant since [...] |
2004-05-20 11:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID1848 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. THOMAS HART [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Hart, Clinical Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 9-14 to present a lecture on the role of genetics and severe periodontitis at the 7th Congress of the European Academy o [...] |
2004-05-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1850 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH CLAUDE RICKEY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/EH Claude Rickey Jones to travel to Madrid May 22-June 6 to participate in the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA-11). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. V [...] |
2004-05-20 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA KSCA SENV TBIO SP |
| 04MADRID1851 | SPAIN: APPROVAL FOR TRAINING SHIP EMPIRE STATE [...] Embassy delivered March 2 a nota verbal to Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College crew of approximately 600 cadets and 75 crew officers aboard the Federal Training Ship Empire State that will stop in Barcelona from May 28 [...] |
2004-05-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR SP |
| 04MADRID1853 | SPAIN IPR: ABERRANT MOD CHIP RULING [...] According to an April 2004 ruling made by Barcelona Penal Court 3, the installation of mod chips (devices that allow customers to alter their video game consoles so they can operate games downloaded from the internet or from other regions) is legal. The Guardia Civil had investigated the prac [...] |
2004-05-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SP |
| 04MADRID1857 | IRAQ ASSISTANCE: NO CHANGES TO DATE ON SPANISH [...] We discussed the status of Spain's pledge for Iraq reconstruction with Directorate General of International Finance Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido. Menendez said that her Director General and Secretary of State for Economy have not yet been able to discuss this matter with t [...] |
2004-05-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1861 | MEETING WITH MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPE AND [...] (C) PolCouns and poloff paid an initial call May 17 with the MFA's newly-named Director General for Europe and North America, former Spanish Ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania Josep (Pepe) Pons. Previously, the Directorate General for North America had been combined with the Asia portfolio, [...] |
2004-05-21 10:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
| 04MADRID1864 | MFA'S NEW POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) MFA Political director Rafael Dezcallar told Polcouns in a May 20 meeting that Spain wanted to be helpful on Afghanistan but likely would have to determine whether resources would be available. He indicated the GOS likely would not be able to meet all of the requests the USG has present [...] |
2004-05-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
| 04MADRID1865 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEPHEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen Marx, Chief, Metabolic Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona May 24-31 to give a lecture and to chair a session of talks at the 46th Congress of Spanish Endocri [...] |
2004-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1866 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DANIELA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Daniela Seminar, Program Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, May 29-June 2 attend the International Consortium on Melanoma. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remind [...] |
2004-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1867 | SPAIN: DCM WITH SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met with Spanish President Zapatero's national security advisor Carles Casajuana May 20 to brief him on our request for increased Spanish support for ISAF, urge the GOS to vote in favor of the UNSC ICC rollover resolution and share USG's initial thoughts on the UN [...] |
2004-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP NATO |
| 04MADRID1868 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LEONARDO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Leonardo Cohen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-6 to serve as a keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum. [...] |
2004-05-21 13:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1869 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MIOTTI, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Paolo Miotti, Carolyn Williams, Sandra Lehrman, Rod Hoff, Jonathan Kagan and Margaret Johnston to travel to Barcelona, June 1-6 to attend the European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...] |
2004-05-21 13:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID1870 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...] |
2004-05-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
| 04MADRID1871 | NEA A/S BURNS IN MADRID [...] (C) NEA A/S William Burns paid a five-hour visit to Madrid May 18, meeting with President Zapatero's new National Security Advisor, Carlos Casajuana, and the new Deputy Foreign Minister, Bernardino Leon. The Spanish expressed a desire to work with the US on such issues as encouraging better [...] |
2004-05-24 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL SP MO AG IZ |
| 04MADRID1877 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/BUCEN ARNOLD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau (BUCEN) Dr. Arnold Reznek, Economist, Center for Economic Studies, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend the Computational Aspects of Statistical Confidentiality Conference at the Escola D'Administracio SIPDIS Publica [...] |
2004-05-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1878 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC AMANDA SMITH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Amanda Smith, Project Manager, DHAP, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS to travel to Tenerife, June 8-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...] |
2004-05-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1884 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SERGI FERRE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 23-July 2 to meet colleagues at the University of Barcelona in relation to several projects involving receptors. 2. Embassy understands tha [...] |
2004-05-25 08:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1894 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CENSUS BUREAU'S [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia J. Doyle, Census Bureau staff member, to travel to Lluria, Barcelona, June 7-12 to attend the international conference Privacy in Statistical Databases 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...] |
2004-05-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1895 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID. V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey David V. Fitterman, Research Geophysicist, to travel to Cartagena May 29-June 5 to represent the USGS and present a paper at the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting. 2. For futher cables please note that only American [...] |
2004-05-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KSCA OTRA TPHY SP |
| 04MADRID1905 | NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVAIR "INTENDS" TO [...] We sent reftel A talking points in a letter welcoming Spain,s new Director General of Civil Aviation Manuel Bautista Perez and requesting an introductory appointment. To our surprise, Bautista responded notifying us of the GOS's "intent" to establish an open skies relationship. 2. An info [...] |
2004-05-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SP |
| 04MADRID1918 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Grant, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 25-28 to present a seminar, "Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to Drug Addiction," at the Area d'Investigacio Farmacologica Ins [...] |
2004-05-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1933 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DAVID [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, David B. Marks from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Toledo May 28-June 5 to be a speaker at a conference about a system for performing computerized speaker and language identification in support o [...] |
2004-05-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1939 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRS. VINAY PATHAK AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Vinay Pathak and Wei-Shau Hu, Investigators, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, June 7-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assi [...] |
2004-05-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID1940 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CARL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director, Basic Science Program, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 1-3 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Em [...] |
2004-05-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID1941 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC HOLLINGDALE, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Hollingdale, Dr. Michael Kurilla and Mr. David Sorrentino from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-6 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB [...] |
2004-05-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID1942 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. RICHARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Richard Koup, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid June 6-10 to participate in the workshop on Immunodominance the Key to Understanding and Manipulating CD 8 T Cell Responses t [...] |
2004-05-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID1954 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: NASSAR, MUSTAFA SITMIRYAM - AKA: "ABU MUS'AB AL-SURI" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1956, SYRIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (UNDER DIFFERENT POB) - [...] |
2004-05-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1956 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED NOUREDDINE BOUHABILA ASSOCIATE OF ISLAMIC EXTREMIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA "ABBAS", WHO WAS FORMERLY BASED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. BOUHABIL [...] |
2004-05-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID1984 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FTC STEVENSON AND RAMOS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Trade Commission officials Hugh Stevenson and Elena Gasol Ramos to travel to Madrid June 16-18 to attend meetings with the Spanish Data Protection Agency, Attorney General's Office and the National Consumer Protection Agency. 2. Emb [...] |
2004-05-28 08:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1991 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARY REICHLER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mary Reichler, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Valencia July 16-25 to attend the 7th International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases (MEEGID). 2. Embassy understands that no [...] |
2004-05-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1992 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA OSUNSANMI AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Omotunde Osunsanmi and Jacqueline Diaz-Albertini, investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona June 5-16 to visit Instituto Grifols S.A. and conduct an inspection to determine compliance with FDA's Good Manufac [...] |
2004-05-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1993 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC KENNETH CASTRO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Castro, Director, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona June 4-7 to be the guest speaker at the XXXVII National Congress of Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toraxica (SEPAR). 2. Embassy understands that [...] |
2004-05-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1995 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leopoldo Raij, employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to travel to Santiago de Compostela June 9-13 to be a speaker for the 11th National/5th International Congress of Medicine. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessa [...] |
2004-05-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID1997 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...] |
2004-05-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2005 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TDY: FS-01 LAURA [...] Laura Lochman, FS-01, 170-54-6808, requests country clearance to travel to Moscow for a TDY assignment as a Russian language student. Ms. Lochman is scheduled to arrive Moscow at 13:00, August 29, 2004, on Aeroflot 318 from Washington Dulles. Her TDY will last until completion of her Russian [...] |
2004-06-01 05:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP RU |
| 04MADRID2006 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...] |
2004-06-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
| 04MADRID2012 | SPAIN'S ECONOMY MINISTER LOOKS FOR FISCAL [...] Summary. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes described to Ambassador May 27 his role in the Zapatero government as finding a balance between the "excess enthusiasm" of his fellow ministers and maintaining the fiscal discipline committed to by President Zapat [...] |
2004-06-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PTER ETTC SP |
| 04MADRID2039 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...] |
2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
| 04MADRID2040 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...] |
2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2042 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...] |
2004-06-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2055 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. B. LEE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. B. Lee Fenton Hall, Section Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-4 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Please note that ca [...] |
2004-06-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID2056 | SPAIN: T.S. EMPIRE STATE JUNE 6 BUNKERING IN [...] Embassy communicated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the change in date to June 6 for bunkering of the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College Training Ship Empire State in Ceuta. 2. Embassy received a response June 2 from the MFA. An informal translatio [...] |
2004-06-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR SP |
| 04MADRID2083 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA EDWIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Edwin Hedvall, Resources Team Program Operations Assistant, to travel to Calela near Barcelona, June 15-20 to attend a training course offered by engineers for disaster relief. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...] |
2004-06-04 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAID SP |
| 04MADRID2091 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carla Pettinelli, Chief, HIV Research Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH; and Dr. Zvi Grossman, Adjunct Investigator, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, NIH to travel to Tenerife June [...] |
2004-06-04 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID2092 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NRC DENNIS DAMON AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis Damon and Andrew Persinko of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, to travel to Madrid and Salamanca June 5-13 to participate in a technical exchange on Integrated Safety Analysis Experience wi [...] |
2004-06-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH |
| 04MADRID2093 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA LISA NAEGER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lisa Naeger, Microbiologist, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Canary Islands June 8-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] |
2004-06-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2094 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA BRUNILDA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brunilda Torres, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 26-July 2 to visit Hospital Clinico Universitario and conduct a CDER high priority user fee due date, pre-approval bioresearch mon [...] |
2004-06-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2095 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HECTOR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, Hector E. Lorenzana from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to travel to Madrid June 25-July 15 to present a paper at a scientific workshop attended by Spanish and international researchers in high-pressure [...] |
2004-06-04 14:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2096 | SPAIN: VIEWS ON IRAQ RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY Spanish MFA Political Director Dezcallar, who now has overall Iraq responsibility in the MFA, told us June 3 that Spain appreciated the constructive and positive attitude evident in the US-UK revised text. He said Spanish President Zapatero personally had instructed Spanish UN P [...] |
2004-06-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2101 | SPAIN-SYRIA: ASAD VISIT TO MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Spanish MFA Political Director Dezcallar told us that Syrian President Asad during his June 1-2 visit to Madrid indicated he was fully willing to "go all the way8 with Israel to achieve peace ) but on the basis of the return of all Syrian territory. However, the Syrians said [...] |
2004-06-04 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2118 | SPAIN: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's energy sector. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for energy policy (para 2) -- Possible merger of gas, electricity and water companies (para 3) -- Low gas supply reserve may lead to brown [...] |
2004-06-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG BTIO EPET SP |
| 04MADRID2133 | SPAIN: TELECOM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's telecommunications and information technology sectors. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for telecom issues (para 2) -- Spain,s public television under review (para 3) -- New government [...] |
2004-06-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV EINT ETRD SP |
| 04MADRID2136 | SPAIN'S ZAPATERO: STILL IN CAMPAIGN MODE [...] (C) Summary: Almost three months after his electoral victory and a month and a half after formally taking office, Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) remain in campaign mode, intensely focused on winning a decisive victory for Spanis [...] |
2004-06-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID2142 | OPPOSITION ECONOMIC SPOKESMAN: WE'RE WATCHING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Popular Party's (PP) Economic Spokesman in Parliament Arias told us his party is watching closely the development of the Socialist economic policy, which he characterized as a work in progress. He described both sides of the political aisle in Spain as strongly in favor of [...] |
2004-06-08 10:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR SP |
| 04MADRID2144 | SPANISH EU ELECTIONS - LOOKING FOR AFFIRMATION OR [...] (C) The Spanish political scene is now focused on the June 13 European Parliamentary elections. Because of EU enlargement, Spain will elect 54 members, down from the 64 seats it received in 1999. With the EU elections coming only three months after the surprising March general elections, the [...] |
2004-06-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP EUN PSOE |
| 04MADRID2161 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY RIVERA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Rivera, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Director, Structured Finance, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend a transportation conference and meet with OPIC clients regarding toll road and airport deals. 2. Embassy u [...] |
2004-06-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2163 | SPAIN AND UNSC IRAQ RESOLUTION: PROMISE OF [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met June 8 with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos to press him not only for a yes vote on the UNSCR on Iraq, but a strong, positive explanation of the vote that also included clear support for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG). As he had said publicly to the press, M [...] |
2004-06-08 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID2164 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SEVILLE, SOCIALIST HEARTLAND [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's June 3 visit to Seville, Andalusia Region President Manuel Chaves told him that Spanish President Zapatero seeks "normal, strong" relations with the US despite Zapatero's rapid withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. Chaves, a long-time Socialist party "boss," [...] |
2004-06-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL ECON SP MO |
| 04MADRID2179 | COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MERRIFIELD'S OFFICIAL VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MERRIFIELD OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) VISITED SPAIN MARCH 28 TO APRIL 2, 2004 TO CONDUCT THE SECOND ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE SPANISH NUCLEAR SECURITY COUNCIL (CSN) AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INDUSTRY'S W [...] |
2004-06-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH |
| 04MADRID2180 | EU EXPANSION AMBASSADOR: PRO-TURKEY, DOUBTFUL ON [...] (C) We met with Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, MFA Ambassador on Special Mission for EU Enlargement, on May 28 to discuss Spanish foreign policy inside the EU and the GOS's view on further enlargement. Fuentes agreed with our assessment that with the EU Parliamentary elections coming so soon after [...] |
2004-06-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU SP EUN |
| 04MADRID2181 | SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Argyros, accompanied by DCM and PolCouns, met June 8 with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono to reinforce NATO's and the USG's requests for Spanish support in augmenting ISAF and coalition operations in Afghanistan. As Bono's schedule permitted this meeting only several weeks [...] |
2004-06-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2187 | EXTRADITION CASE OF ALEXANDER BOIKO [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman, at Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 4316700, f [...] |
2004-06-10 10:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SP BOIKO ALEXANDER |
| 04MADRID2201 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO JUNE 14-15 EU FMS MEETING [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on June 10 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. On general questions regarding the EU Constitution, Mora said he thought the EU Constitution would be approved by June 25. He said the double majority populatio [...] |
2004-06-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUR |
| 04MADRID2203 | SPANISH POSITION ON RENEWAL OF UNFICYP MANDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR KPKO SC TO SP |
| 04MADRID2204 | MIXED SIGNALS ON IRAQ ASSISTANCE PLEDGES [...] (C) An article in the June 9 issue of El Pais quotes Foreign Minister Moratinos as saying the GOS is reconsidering its USD 300 million pledge towards Iraq reconstruction. The article suggests the review comes because so little has been used. This statement seems to contradict Foreign Minister [...] |
2004-06-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP |
| 04MADRID2205 | SPAIN: POSITIVE ABOUT U.S. VIEWS ON IRAN/IAEA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP |
| 04MADRID2206 | SPAIN AGREES ON U.S VIEWS TO STRENGTHEN IAEA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP |
| 04MADRID2210 | SPANISH EU ELECTIONS: SOUR VICTORY, SWEET DEFEAT [...] (U) The Socialist Party (PSOE) won Spain's EU Parliamentary elections on June 13, but by a smaller margin than expected, 43% to 41%. The two-point difference offers something positive to both major parties, though the Popular Party probably comes away with the moral victory. The Socialists w [...] |
2004-06-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID2215 | AZNAR KEPT UNDER WRAPS IN EU PARLIAMENT ELECTION [...] (C) Jose Maria Aznar did not participate in the Popular Party's campaign for the June 13 EU parliamentary election. With the Socialists making the war in Iraq and distancing Spanish foreign policy from the US their central campaign issues, Popular Party leaders decided that Aznar was too radioactiv [...] |
2004-06-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SP |
| 04MADRID2217 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMB THOMAS E. MCNAMARA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, Senior Advisor for UN Counter-Terrorism matters, to travel to Madrid June 14-16 for discussions with government officials. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Political Officer Colin Cleary who can be reached at wor [...] |
2004-06-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PTER PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2218 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S SECRETARY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Lincoln Bloomfield, OSD Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Andrew Hoehn, OSD Commander Randall SIPDIS Hendrickson, Nathaniel Heller, EUR to travel to Madrid June 15-16 for discussions with government officials on the U. [...] |
2004-06-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OVIP MARR SP |
| 04MADRID2230 | SPANISH DEPUTY FM CONFIRMS INCREASED AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon apologized to Charge June 14 on behalf of the Spanish government for negative remarks the Spanish first vice president made about Secretary Rumsfeld June 4. Leon also confirmed Spain will increase its participation in Afghanistan [...] |
2004-06-14 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ SP UNSC KICC |
| 04MADRID2236 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...] |
2004-06-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2247 | SPAIN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE OPEN SKIES BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the failure of the European Union Council of Ministers to endorse the proposed US-EU Open Skies agreement, Eugenia Llorens, Deputy Director General of Air Transportation, Ministry of Public Works (protect) told us privately of Spain's interest in negotiating a bilater [...] |
2004-06-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SP |
| 04MADRID2248 | SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMY: TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 14 meeting with Charge, Spanish Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara said the fight SIPDIS against terrorism finance, including close cooperation with the United States, would continue to be a priority for the Ministry of Economy and Finance. On Iraq reconst [...] |
2004-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETTC PTER PINR SP |
| 04MADRID2250 | ECONOMISTS OFFER MIXED OUTLOOK ON GOS ECONOMIC [...] Summary: In a breakfast with the Ambassador, leading Spanish economists offered mixed views on the ability of Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes to hold the line on sound economic policies in a heavily political cabinet. The economists cited as major policy challe [...] |
2004-06-16 08:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID2277 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: HAMOUYA, MOURAD - AKA: MALKI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST RELATES THA [...] |
2004-06-17 06:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2278 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST, ON JUNE 1, 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, DETAI [...] |
2004-06-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2279 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO CBP REPORTING, ON MAY 26, 2004, AT GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ALVARO BORRAS COMPDERA ARRIVED FROM MEXICO CITY, PRESENTED A SPANISH [...] |
2004-06-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2280 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORISM DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED ASSOCIATION WITH "ANSAR AL- [...] |
2004-06-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
| 04MADRID2281 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AFTER THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN, IN THE SCOPE OF THE UNIT OF ANTITERRORISM COO [...] |
2004-06-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2295 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Claudia Johnson Lewis from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Zaragoza July 2-24 to conduct in field work dealing with geopmorphology and seismic hazards. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...] |
2004-06-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2296 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Joe David Thompson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 8-15 to present a paper and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...] |
2004-06-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2297 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Rolando D. Somma from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Palma de Mallorca June 21-July 1 to visit Universitat de Illes Baleares and continue collaborations in the area of Quantum entanglement and condensed matter systems. 2. [...] |
2004-06-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2298 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. PETER VARMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Science Foundation (NSF) official Dr. Peter Varman, Program Director, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations to travel to Barcelona, June 27-30 to present a paper at the 16th ACM Symposium on Parallelism Algorithms and [...] |
2004-06-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP NSFO |
| 04MADRID2299 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/MSFC JOE T. HOWELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe T. Howell from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to travel to Granada, June 27-July 3 to present papers at the 4th International Conference on Solar Power from Space. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...] |
2004-06-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2300 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOHN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA John NMN Singleton from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 10-16 to give a lecture and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors (SNS 2004). 2. Embassy understands that no a [...] |
2004-06-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2303 | LABOR LEADER SKEPTICAL ON ZAPATERO [...] (C) Pol/Labor officer spoke June 16 with Jose Maria Fidalgo, Secretary General of Spain's largest trade union confederation, CCOO (Comisiones Obreras). Fidalgo expressed a cautious, wait-and-see attitude toward the Zapatero government. He said he was not yet convinced of Zapatero's seriousness. Zap [...] |
2004-06-18 09:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SP |
| 04MADRID2313 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, Clinical Trials, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 26-30 to attend the European Neurological Society Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...] |
2004-06-18 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2314 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Murray Fingeret, Chief Optometry Section, VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, to travel to Barcelona June 28-July 5 to present a research on Perimetry at a major meeting dedicated to Permietry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is [...] |
2004-06-18 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2316 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL ARTHUR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Arthur Nozik, Senior Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Granada July 16-25 to present an invited lecture at the IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...] |
2004-06-18 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2317 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARGARET [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Margaret Mooney, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 17-19 to attend the World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are [...] |
2004-06-18 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2318 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/NHTSA MICHAEL W. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael W. Monk, Director Vehicle Research and Test Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to travel to Madrid, July 10-16 to present a lecture at a Vehicle Safety Seminar at the University of Madrid. 2. Embassy und [...] |
2004-06-18 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2341 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...] |
2004-06-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2342 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE [...] |
2004-06-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2343 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...] |
2004-06-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2369 | BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION UPDATES SPANISH ON GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy Andrew Hoehn briefed GOS officials June 15 on the latest USG thinking on the global defense posture review (GDPR) and its possible impact on Spai [...] |
2004-06-23 10:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2381 | ZAPATERO ECONOMIC ADVISOR OFFERS VIEWS ON [...] Summary. Miguel Sebastian, President Zapatero's key economic advisor, recently presented his analysis on Spain's productivity and economic growth to corporate leaders. Sebastian declared that Spain's relatively low labor productivity is the most important issue that may hinder future economic [...] |
2004-06-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID2394 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2397 | POSITIVE SIGNS ON SPAIN'S IFC AND IRFFI PLEDGES [...] Summary: A call to a key contact on Iraq reconstruction issues adds additional weight to assurances by high level GOS contacts that Spain would honor its Iraq Donors' Conference commitments. Our working level contact predicted the IFC $5 million and half of the IRFFI $20 million would be disbu [...] |
2004-06-24 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP |
| 04MADRID2398 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNEP'S STRATEGIC [...] We shared reftel points with Ana Paredes, MFA Subdirector General for International Technical Organizations and Amparo Ramblas, Deputy Director for International Relations, Ministry of Environment. 2. Paredes responded that she has not heard of any proposed plan that would require the UNE [...] |
2004-06-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SENV SP |
| 04MADRID2416 | SPANISH RESPONSE: MAINTAINING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: Spain continues to say that they believe the human rights situation in China is improving and that the EU arms embargo no longer makes sense. (Note: In our various approaches to senior levels of the previous government, we received a similar response.) Spain believes that it is i [...] |
2004-06-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW SP EUN |
| 04MADRID2417 | SPANISH UNDECIDED ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel points June 24 with Marcos Rodriguez in the MFA's Office of International Disarmament Affairs. Poloff delivered the demarche jointly with Enrico Vencenti, political counselor at the Italian Embassy and Peter Spoor, first secretary political officer at t [...] |
2004-06-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL SP CWC |
| 04MADRID2418 | SPAIN'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European researchers have published studies outlining the problem of Spain's underground economy. The most recent study, published by Friedrich Schneider in March 2004, claims that Spain's underground economy is currently equivalent to 22.3% of official GDP. Spain's co [...] |
2004-06-28 07:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB KIPR SP |
| 04MADRID2427 | Country Clearance granted for NSF Dr. Junku [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY SP NSFO |
| 04MADRID2429 | Country Clearance granted for NSF Dr. Kamal [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY SP NSFO |
| 04MADRID2430 | Country Clearance granted for EPA Brobst and [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV SP |
| 04MADRID2440 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON INTERIOR [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call June 24 on Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso. Ambassador thanked Alonso for all the support Embassy has received on various security issues and commented on the outreach already made by Alonso with his U.S. counterpart (Alonso ha [...] |
2004-06-29 11:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SP |
| 04MADRID2443 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...] |
2004-06-29 11:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
| 04MADRID2449 | Country Clearance granted for USGS: Bricker [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP |
| 04MADRID2453 | SPAIN INCREASES MINIMUM WAGE MIDYEAR [...] The Spanish Council of Ministers approved June 26 a 6.6% increase in the minimum wage to EUR 490.80 (USD 599.34) from EUR 460.50 (USD 562.40) per month. The new wage will be effective July 1. This increase will affect 600,000 workers. The increase in cost to the Spanish government is predict [...] |
2004-06-29 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID2477 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...] |
2004-07-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
| 04MADRID2478 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS IMPLI [...] |
2004-07-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL |
| 04MADRID2482 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 10, 2004, REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN LUIS AGUIRRE LETE TO SPAIN, AFTER SERVING A SENTENCE IN F [...] |
2004-07-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2483 | SPAIN - BIOGRAPHIES ON MFA DIRECTORS GENERAL [...] (U) This cable provides biographies on new directors general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI, Spain's equivalent of USAID). GOS directors general are roughly equivalent to State Department assistant secretaries; AECI directors gen [...] |
2004-07-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EAID SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID2484 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30. Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group on M [...] |
2004-07-01 09:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY |
| 04MADRID2487 | SPAIN AGREES TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-01 10:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL SP CWC |
| 04MADRID2488 | SPAIN: STILL REVIEWING PSI INFORMATION SHARING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2492 | SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The previous Spanish government under President Jose Maria Aznar was long in the forefront within the EU and on its own in criticizing Cuban human rights abuses, lack of movement toward democracy and absence of fundamental rights for Cuban citizens. The current government under Sociali [...] |
2004-07-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETTC PREL PHUM SP |
| 04MADRID2495 | Country Clearance granted for DHHS/FDA Neal [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 07:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA US SP |
| 04MADRID2496 | Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith- [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP |
| 04MADRID2497 | Country Clearance granted for DHHS/FDA Neal [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA US SP |
| 04MADRID2498 | Country Clearance granted for NSF: Harper [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY SP NSFO |
| 04MADRID2499 | Country Clearance granted for NIH/FIC - Uzel [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2500 | Country Clearance granted for NIH/FIC -Gahl [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 07:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2501 | Country Clearance granted for USNRC James [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 07:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA |
| 04MADRID2502 | Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith- [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP |
| 04MADRID2528 | SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW CLARIFICATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID2529 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Zapatero government's Council of Ministers approved July 2 a substantial increase in Spain's presence in Afghanistan. Zapatero will put the contribution to a parliamentary vote Tuesday, July 6. We expect parliament to approve the contribution. The GOS has proposed to incr [...] |
2004-07-02 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP |
| 04MADRID2530 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy, meeting with the Ambassador June 30, was upbeat about the PP's showing in the June European Parliament elections and in the party's prospects to regain power. Rajoy upbraided the Zapatero government for causing strains with Washington and for [...] |
2004-07-02 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2554 | IBERIA PULLING "MINI-HUB" OUT OF MIAMI; SALVADORAN [...] Summary: Today, Iberia Airlines announced plans to fly directly to Guatemala and Panama, avoiding the Miami International Airport for "purely financial" reasons, beginning in October. Nevertheless, an Iberia contact told us that increased layover time due to new security procedures in Miami [...] |
2004-07-06 15:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CVIS SP |
| 04MADRID2564 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECKS [...] (SBU) We contacted Deputy Director General Angel Menendez Nava in the Office of International Relations at the Ministry of Defense to verify the legitimacy of licenses 05-9155569 and 05-9076385 between Eurocopter-France and the Spanish Air Force. In a letter to the Embassy, Menendez confirmed [...] |
2004-07-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC SP |
| 04MADRID2565 | SPAIN: UNSATISFIED WITH NPT PREPCOM III [...] (C) Summary: The GOS was dissatisfied that the NPT PrepCom III conference did not focus on broad nonproliferation issues, according to the MFA's non-proliferation office. Our MFA interlocutors believe that unless substantive priorities are identified during follow-up consultations, the 2005 [...] |
2004-07-07 10:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM SP |
| 04MADRID2566 | Country Clearance granted for NSF SoConner [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP NFSO |
| 04MADRID2567 | Country Clearance granted for DVA Arthur Allen [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2571 | Country Clearance granted for NOAA/NMFS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID2572 | Country Clearance granted for Ellen Dotson, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID2573 | Country Clearance granted for DHHS/CDC Zuzana [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP |
| 04MADRID2574 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FIELD SUPPORT [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR FIELD SUPPORT SPECIALIST PORTLAND USEAC ELIZABETH VARGA. MS. VARGA WILL BE SERVING AN ADMINISTRATIVE TDY AND WILL BE WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN MADRID FROM JULY 9 THRU JULY 24, 2004 AND IN BARCELONA FROM JULY 16 THRU 20, 2004. 2. HOTEL RESERVA [...] |
2004-07-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP SP |
| 04MADRID2579 | SPANISH PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly approved July 6 President Zapatero's proposal to increase substantially Spain's troop presence in Afghanistan. The vote was 302 in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention. Only the former communist United Left party and several obscure parties [...] |
2004-07-08 06:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO |
| 04MADRID2587 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN CITIZEN NASREDDINE BOUSBAA ON JULY 1, 2004. HE IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMEN [...] |
2004-07-08 10:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2602 | VP SOLBES SAYS BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH U.S. CRUCIAL [...] SUMMARY: AT a June 24 Embassy-hosted lunch, Second Vice President and Minister for Economy and Finance Solbes said the new Spanish Administration wants to foster U.S.-Spanish business relations. He reiterated his intention to retain budget stability and increase productivity while devolving [...] |
2004-07-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2605 | SPAIN: MARINE SECURITY PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we interviewed Spanish officials regarding marine security programs. No single GOS agency is responsible for marine security. Each regional port authority is responsible to assure that ports in its jurisdiction comply with International Ship and Port Facilities [...] |
2004-07-09 08:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG PARM PTER PHSA SP |
| 04MADRID2618 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON JULY 12-13 EU FMS [...] (C) Summary: Spain sees the EU-ASEM summit in danger over the insistence of Asian nations to include Burma as a full member. The GOS supports the opening of an EC office in Baghdad and stresses the importance of holding at least one of the two planned elections in Afghanistan this Fall. On t [...] |
2004-07-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID2619 | SPANISH RESPONSE: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on July 6 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora was not able to give an immediate reaction, but later spoke to Poloff on July 9. He stated that Spain and the EU share the general concern with the USG rega [...] |
2004-07-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SY SP |
| 04MADRID2627 | SPAIN-UK: GIBRALTAR VISIT BY UK NUCLEAR SUB [...] (U) The visit by the British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless to Gibraltar has provoked acute tension within the GOS towards Britain. The HMS Tireless, which arrived the morning of July 9, originally sparked controversy in May 2000 when it docked at Gibraltar for repairs after developing a crac [...] |
2004-07-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2636 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EU PRESSURE ON DARFUR, INCREASES AID [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officer for sub-Saharan Africa Nuria Reigosa and the Spanish Agency for International Development Secretary General,s Head of Cabinet Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio regarding the imminent crisis in Darfur. Reigosa told us that at the July 12 [...] |
2004-07-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID2649 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WESLEY PHILLIPS AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wesley Phillips and Jill Johnson, GAO Officials for travel to Madrid, July 18-20, to conduct a review of government and private sector practice for insuring against natural catastrophes and acts of terrorism. 2. Control Officer at Embassy M [...] |
2004-07-13 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AGAO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2659 | SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON [...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...] |
2004-07-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN |
| 04MADRID2660 | SPAIN SUPPORTS PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 13:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID2671 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN EARLY-TO-MID JUNE 2004, THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL DETAINED NINE SPANISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACQUISITION, TR [...] |
2004-07-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2678 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KILMARTIN, AVERILL, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William E. Kilmartin, DOE; William A. Averill, Los Alamos National Laboratory; David L. Carroll, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Whitney J. Creer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Mark D. Ladd, Sandia National Laboratories; Richar [...] |
2004-07-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2679 | IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID2688 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...] |
2004-07-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2692 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO CUBAN RESOLUTION IN ECOSOC [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2693 | SPAIN:ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche to Juan Manuel Linares, MFA Deputy DG for UN Affairs, on July 13 and to Alberto Moreno, MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Affairs, on July 14. Both stated that they could not commit to a position on the proposed UNGA resolution, as the EU had not yet decided on a [...] |
2004-07-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA |
| 04MADRID2700 | SPAIN AND CUBAN OUTREACH [...] (C) Ref A sought post's view on the likelihood the GOS or Spanish NGOs would participate in outreach to Cuban civil society to pressure the Castro government to hasten democratic transition on the island. We discussed Cuba with new MFA Director General for Latin America Sandomingo (Ref B). [...] |
2004-07-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
| 04MADRID2708 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JULY 14, 2004, FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA. THE POLICE GAVE CHASE TO THE SUSPECTS AFTER THEY DROVE TH [...] |
2004-07-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2712 | SPAIN: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Legat and other agencies have met and consulted at length on the release on bail July 13 of Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed. While there is disappointment within the rank and file of the Spanish National Police, they emphasize that it was a provisional release on bail. Prosecutorial Magistrate [...] |
2004-07-16 07:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KJUS PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2724 | SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...] |
2004-07-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL HA SP |
| 04MADRID2725 | SPAIN: FULFILLS IRAQI DINAR DONATION PLEDGE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-16 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IZ SP |
| 04MADRID2729 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC LAWRENCE COX [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Ph.D., Associate Director, ORM, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, July 24-29 to co-chair and give a presentation at the 18th International Federation for Information Processing Working Group, (IFIPWG) 11.3 Conference. 2. [...] |
2004-07-19 10:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY SP |
| 04MADRID2730 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. BHAVANI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Program Director in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-29 to attend the IFIP Database Security Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessar [...] |
2004-07-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP NSFO |
| 04MADRID2731 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. RITA RODRIGUEZ [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Science Foundation's Dr. Rita Rodriguez, Program Manager in the Division of Computer & Network Systems, to travel to Valencia, August 20-30 to attend the European Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Workshop on Spatio Tempora [...] |
2004-07-19 10:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP NSFO |
| 04MADRID2732 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE SUSAN SCHOENUNG [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Schoenung, DOE/EE, to travel to Madrid, September 6-8 to attend international collaboration on hydrogen importance to advanced technology development work at Sandia. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessary. 3. [...] |
2004-07-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2733 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE PAUL C. MILES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul C. Miles, Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory, to travel to Valencia, September 5-11, to present a paper at the Thiesel 2004 Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...] |
2004-07-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2735 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK, CARLOS GARCIA PANDO [...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF ISCAL AT POETA ANTGEL GONZALEZ, 10 33204 GIJON (ASTURIAS), SPAIN ON JULY 15, 2004. 2. THE CS TEAM MET WITH CARLOS GARCIA PANDO, OWNER OF THE COMPANY, MR. JES [...] |
2004-07-19 13:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC SP |
| 04MADRID2745 | SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...] |
2004-07-19 16:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL HA SP |
| 04MADRID2759 | SPAIN: RESPONSE ON MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 9, the Spanish MFA finally responded with a definitive "no" to our 5/14 demarche (reftel) asking Spain to accept Mujahahedin-e Khalq (MEK) detainees. MFA Ambassador Fernandez de la Pena told us that the GOS has reviewed our request on an interagency basis, including MFA, Interio [...] |
2004-07-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PHUM PTER SP PREJ IQ |
| 04MADRID2762 | SPAIN UNVEILS NATIONAL KYOTO PLAN [...] SUMMARY: In an eleventh hour move to avoid EU penalties, Spain's Ministries of Environment and Industry unveiled the provisional National Allocation Plan (NAP) on 7 July. The NAP is the GOS attempt to bring domestic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in line with the first tranche of the Kyoto [...] |
2004-07-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET SP |
| 04MADRID2763 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY FURR, NACI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Wayne Furr, Contractor, NACI, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid, September 9-17 to participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Universa [...] |
2004-07-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2764 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICOLAS W. HENGARTNER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nicolas W. Hengartner, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-31 to speak at the 6th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...] |
2004-07-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2765 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Santander, July 25-27 to attend the Menendez Pelayo International University Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...] |
2004-07-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2766 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DANIELA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Daniela Seminara, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, July 21-27 to give a presentation at the study of familial colorectal cancer in the [...] |
2004-07-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2784 | RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: INST. TECNOLOGICO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC SP |
| 04MADRID2790 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDA QUISENBERRY AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Beighley, Forest Manager, USDA, and Michael Quisenberry, Forest Health Protection, USDA, to travel to Seville, July 21-August 6 to accompany Portuguese forestry officials to a meeting with Spanish forestry officials in Seville. 2. Emba [...] |
2004-07-22 09:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2794 | SPAIN: 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Spain - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement 2. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Spain. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Cou [...] |
2004-07-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB SP USTR OPIC |
| 04MADRID2795 | SPAIN TOYS WITH IDEA OF CULTURAL EXCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spain's new Minister of Culture has vowed to find ways to help the Spanish film industry. The press has seized on her sometimes over the top remarks and is reporting that the GOS is pursuing a policy of cultural exception along the lines of the French model. A high-level Minis [...] |
2004-07-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON KPAO SP |
| 04MADRID2800 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MILITARY PROCUREMENT [...] (S) Summary: The Spanish MFA told us it was unaware that Spanish firms have been involved in Iran's attempt to procure military and electronic equipment, according to officials in the Office of International Affairs of Disarmament. Such attempts would put Spanish business interests at odds [...] |
2004-07-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IR SP |
| 04MADRID2801 | SPAIN'S DELEGATE TO THE 2004 OXFORD TRACKING [...] (U) Mr. Fermin Lopez, chief of staff for the Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade of Defense and Dual Use Goods at Spain's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism told Poloff July 22 that he plans to attend the October 25 Tracker workshop in Oxford, England. 2. (U) Lopez said that Spai [...] |
2004-07-22 16:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM SP NTTC |
| 04MADRID2803 | TOMAHAWK RELEASABILITY - SPAIN COUNTRY TEAM [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (SBU) The following is Mission Spain Country Team's assessment on releasability of the Tomahawk System to the Spanish Navy. 3. (C) In recent years the Spanish armed forces have significantly contributed to international peace, stability and the Global [...] |
2004-07-23 08:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR SP |
| 04MADRID2804 | SPAIN: LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-23 08:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP ODPC |
| 04MADRID2830 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jaime Marquez, Senior Economist, Division of International Finance, Federal Reserve Board, to travel to Madrid, August 25-31 to attend a meeting of the Econometric Society, hosted by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 2. Embassy understa [...] |
2004-07-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID2831 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LONGSWORTH, KILMARTIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul M. Longsworth, DOE; William E. Kilmartin, DOE; and Tracy P. Mustin, DOE, for travel to Madrid, July 29-30 to meet with Embassy and Spanish officials for the signing of a MOU with Spain for the Megaports Initiative. 2. Control Officer a [...] |
2004-07-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2844 | SPAIN SUPPORTS REVISED DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID2851 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY FURR, NACI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Wayne Furr, Contractor, NACI, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid, September 9-17 to participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Universa [...] |
2004-07-27 08:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2852 | SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF CIRA AS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena, Special Ambassador for Counterterrorism, and Juan Antonio Aliaga Mendez, the Ministry of Economy's Deputy Director for Inspection and Control of Capital Movements. In a July 22 meeting, Desk Officer Miguel Garcia- [...] |
2004-07-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP KVPR KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS SP EUN |
| 04MADRID2854 | DEMARCHE ON NATO TRAINING IN IRAQ [...] CONFIDENTIAL - Entire text. 2. (C) POLCOUNS discussed USG desire for "dual-hatted" command and control for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Reftel) with Spanish MFA Director General for UN, NATO, Counter-terrorism and non-proliferation affairs Arturo Laclaustra. Laclaustra was gratefu [...] |
2004-07-27 14:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ SP NATO MAPS |
| 04MADRID2856 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder, DOE, for travel to Seville, September 13-18 to present a talk at the New Horizons in Stochastic Complexity Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of d [...] |
2004-07-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2871 | FINANCE MINISTER SOLBES CLEANS UP BOOKS [...] SUMMARY: Finance Minister Pedro Solbes announced July 16 his intention to add EUR 6.14 billion (USD 7.4 billion), or 0.78% of GDP, of non-performing government investments to the 2004 budget. This is predicted to give Spain its first budget deficit (at 1.2% of GDP), since 1999. These liabil [...] |
2004-07-28 07:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID2872 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C) We reviewed the revisions to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with newly-designated Deputy Director General of International Armament Affairs Marcos Rodriguez July 8 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rodriguez told us that officials at Spain's Nat [...] |
2004-07-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA SP CWC |
| 04MADRID2873 | SPAIN'S NOMINATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICERS [...] (U) Madrid nominates Mr. Brian B. Brown, Political Officer, to attend the September 28-29 conference on human rights reporting and advocacy in Washington. The following is Mr. Brown's itinerary: MON 27 SEP Depart Madrid Continental Airlines Flight CO 63 11:25 PM Arrive Newark 1:20 PM Dep [...] |
2004-07-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF ELAB OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2877 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-28 11:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2898 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA'S O'BRIEN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers, delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Moron Air Base and Zaragoza Air Base September 11 - 24 to meet with Spanish government officials, participate in training, and site familiariza [...] |
2004-07-29 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID2902 | TERRORIST FINANCE: VIEWS FROM THE WORKING LEVEL IN [...] (C) Summary. SEPBLAC's (Spain's financial intelligence unit) working level officer responsible for terrorist finance issues, offered his views on legal and organizational issues affecting the fight against terrorist finance in Spain. He predicted that the regulations for Spain's 2003 Terroris [...] |
2004-07-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
| 04MADRID2903 | ANDALUSIAN FIRES RAVAGE 35,000 ACRES [...] SUMMARY: Since July 27, forest fires have raged out of control and burned more than 35,000 acres in the Andalusian provinces of Huelva and Sevilla. Authorities have evacuated more than 1,160 people from the surrounding areas affected by the flames. The 2004 fire season may be one of the wor [...] |
2004-07-29 16:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SENV PGOV EU SP |
| 04MADRID2904 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA THOMAS L. PAGANO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas L. Pagano, ATO-P, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid September 9 - 17 to attend and participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Univ [...] |
2004-07-30 08:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SP |
| 04MADRID2909 | SPAIN: DEFMIN AND HIS DEPUTY ON S-80 SUBS WEAPONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY Ambassador Argyros phoned Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono July 16 to reinforce USG concern that the bidding process for the Spanish S-80 submarine weapons package, in which two U.S. companies are involved, remained open and transparent. Ambassador noted to Bono that the bid [...] |
2004-07-30 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR SP |
| 04MADRID2911 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK, INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE [...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE CASTILLA Y LEON AT LOPEZ BRAVO, 70, POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL VILLALONQUEJAR, BURGOS, SPAIN ON JULY 29, 2004. EX THERM IS A PORTABLE 50HZ, [...] |
2004-07-30 12:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC SP |
| 04MADRID2916 | MUSLIM OUTREACH WORLDWIDE [...] Embassy Madrid welcomes this Muslim Outreach initiative and provides the following information about our outreach efforts: 2. Brief Context for Muslim Outreach efforts in Spain: An estimated 500,000 to one million Muslims live in Spain. Almost all are of foreign origin, with only about 3, [...] |
2004-07-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM OIIP PREL EAID PHUM PGOV EUN OEXC SP |
| 04MADRID2936 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO PSI INFORMATION SHARING REQUEST [...] (C) Spain concurs with the PSI proposal to share information with non-member countries, but Spanish defense officials continue to question its operational aspects and lessons learned. End Summary. 2. (C) Over the past few months, we have met with Marcos Rodriguez in the Office of Interna [...] |
2004-08-03 05:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2937 | SPAIN MEGAPORTS MOA SIGNING AWAITING LEGAL COUNSEL [...] (SBU) Summary: We accompanied Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Administrator Paul Longsworth and William Kilmartin of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to meetings with the director of Spanish Customs and the president of the Por [...] |
2004-08-03 07:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2955 | SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC AND ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General of UN Affairs, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares stated that Spain will wait and see what the General Assembly presents to the Security Council before taking a definitive position, adding that, a [...] |
2004-08-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA |
| 04MADRID2958 | USOAS AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: In his July 29 meeting in Madrid with Spanish MFA Director General Sandomingo, USOAS Ambassador Maisto urged Spain to send observers to the Venezuelan referendum and to remain firm on Cuba. Maisto thanked the GOS for its decision to send police/troops to Haiti with a Moroccan [...] |
2004-08-03 15:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID2961 | SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC 1540 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarch to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director Genral of UN Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga, Special Assistant to the Director General of the Coordination Unit for Spain's Participation in the UNSC, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares and Yt [...] |
2004-08-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PK SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID2963 | SPAIN ENCOURAGES EU ACTION ON MAOIST VIOLENCE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-03 16:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTDB NP SP EUN |
| 04MADRID2964 | SPAIN UNDETERRED BY FAHIM'S REMOVAL FROM VICE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-04 06:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF SP |
| 04MADRID2965 | SPAIN QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF REMOVING CAVEATS [...] (C) Spain is reviewing restrictions it may have placed on Spanish forces that are participating in KFOR but would prefer to help strengthen Kosovo police forces to improve KFOR's effectiveness, according to Kosovo specialists at the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Following the outbreak of violence [...] |
2004-08-04 12:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL YI SP NATO |
| 04MADRID2966 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST INDICATES JORDANIAN NATIONAL OMAR QASEM RADWAN AL SHABOUL, WAS LIVING IN SPAIN AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST TWO KEY S [...] |
2004-08-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL |
| 04MADRID2967 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...] |
2004-08-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID2977 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SPANISH OSCE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche concerning Spain's candidacy for the 2007 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to Maria Victoria Scola Pliego, MFA Special Representative for OSCE issues, on August 4. Scola Pliego was encouraged by the U.S. position [...] |
2004-08-05 08:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP OSCE |
| 04MADRID2986 | SPAIN: "MIXITY" ISSUE IN GPS AGREEMENT [...] On August 4, we passed reftel points and exchange of letters to Jesus Antonio Perez Blanco, Subdirector General for Airline Navigation Systems and Airports at the Ministry of Public Works. We also shared points with two MFA contacts: Emilio Fernandez-Castano, Director General of Internation [...] |
2004-08-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EU SP |
| 04MADRID2991 | SPAIN ON HOSTAGE TAKING AND MURDER IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IZ SP |
| 04MADRID2992 | SPAIN LOOKS TO SYRIA RELATIONS AND UNSC ROLE TO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY SP |
| 04MADRID3022 | CUBAN VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS FROM MADRID [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid wanted to examine overstay rates of applicants issued visas for tourist travel to the United States. Because of the wealth of information available on Cuban applicants, the Cuban community's travel patterns were studied. Post initiated a validation study to det [...] |
2004-08-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CMGT CU SP |
| 04MADRID3023 | U.S. NOTE VERBALE AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON [...] (U) We delivered ref A U.S. note verbale and ref B talking points on UN General Assembly Resolution 58/41 regarding improvement of the effectiveness of the methods of work of the First Committee to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General for UN Affairs, on August 10. Go [...] |
2004-08-10 14:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM PREL SP CDG UNGA |
| 04MADRID3052 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...] |
2004-08-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3059 | SPANISH HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR [...] Housing prices continue to rise in the Spanish real estate market. According to Tinsa (Spanish society of home appraisers) the price of used housing was 16% higher and new dwellings 19% higher midway through the second trimester of 2004 than the same period of 2003. These numbers indicate th [...] |
2004-08-10 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ABLD SP |
| 04MADRID3066 | SPAIN/EU SUPPORT FOR THE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Following up on USOAS Ambassador Maisto's strong pitch to the GOS on the Venezuelan presidential referendum (ref a), Poloff delivered ref b points on August 10 to Javier Ignacio Martinez del Barrio, Technical Advisor to the Deputy Director for Countries within the Andean Community. Martin [...] |
2004-08-11 10:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO SP |
| 04MADRID3072 | SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Spring 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Political Section, two for the Management Section, two for Public Affa [...] |
2004-08-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT ASEC SP |
| 04MADRID3073 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...] |
2004-08-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP |
| 04MADRID3074 | SPAIN: MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD SP |
| 04MADRID3075 | SPANISH MFA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] On August 5 we demarched the Spanish Foreign Ministry (MFA) encouraging Spain to make a strong statement condemning hostage taking and murder in Iraq (reftel). Assistant Secretary Burns raised the issue with Foreign Minister SIPDIS Moratinos August 8, and Moratinos requested a copy of Amb [...] |
2004-08-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER IZ SP KPOA |
| 04MADRID3077 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 7, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE SPANISH COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE AS THE SUSPECTED ME [...] |
2004-08-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3079 | SPAIN REQUEST FOR USNATO MULTI-COUNTRY TOUR FOR FY- [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST, MADRID WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SPACE FOR TWO SPANISH PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MULTI-COUNTRY TOURS: - SFOR - ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE - NATO'S OUT-OF-AREA OPERATIONS 2. POST WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC NOMINATIONS SEPTEL, IN EARLY TO [...] |
2004-08-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SCUL SP NATO |
| 04MADRID3080 | SPAIN ENCOURAGED BY US SUPPORT FOR WEOG ROTATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and Secretary of State Colin Powell's letter regarding US support for Western European and Others Group (WEOG) rotation for the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) membership to Gonzalo Alvarez Garrido, Acting MFA Deputy Director General for UN Affa [...] |
2004-08-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3093 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE C.T. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne C.T. Ferreira, Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to travel to Barcelona, September 13-22 to participate in Eurostrataform Gulf of Lions research cruise aboard the R/V Oceanus, an American University National Oceanographics Labo [...] |
2004-08-13 10:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV SP |
| 04MADRID3094 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE DENNIS L. SIEBERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis L. Siebers, Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory to travel to Valencia, September 5-11 to present a paper at Polytechnic University of Valencia. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...] |
2004-08-13 10:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3095 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE THOMAS SARKUS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Sarkus, Division Director, Advanced Energy Systems Division and Physical Scientist, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy to travel to Madrid, September 16-19 to inspect the Shell [...] |
2004-08-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3096 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA ROBERT HENNES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Hennes, Team Leader, Milk Safety Team, Office of Compliance/Division of Cooperative Programs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS to travel to Ventisilla, August 15-20 to conduct a National Conference on Interstate Mi [...] |
2004-08-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3103 | SPAIN: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAO SP NATO |
| 04MADRID3105 | EU SANCTION FORCES SPAIN'S SHIPBUILDER INTO [...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported late July that the European Commission has ruled that Spain,s Izar Naval Constructions, a quasi-public company, violated the terms of EU aid for the shipbuilding industry and must return EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.35 billion). This payment return threatens the [...] |
2004-08-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ELAB EWWT SP |
| 04MADRID3106 | SPAIN REDUCES CIVIL SERVANT WAGE INCREASE [...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported in late July that the new Socialist government is proposing a 3.2% increase in civil servant wages, rather than the 3.5% union goal, in the 2005 National Budget. This excludes the 0.3% allocated for the recovery of purchasing power lost in the last eight ye [...] |
2004-08-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID3118 | SPAIN: FURTHER REACTION TO GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE [...] (C) Following up on ref A demarche and ref B reporting cable concerning U.S. Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR), we delivered the demarche August 15 to General Felix Sanz, the Spanish Armed Forces' Chief of Defense, and Admiral Francisco Torrente, Secretary General for Defense Policy at the [...] |
2004-08-15 17:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAO SP NATO |
| 04MADRID3126 | SPAIN WILL SEND MORATINOS TO OSCE CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) The Spanish MFA has told us that Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will be leading the Spanish delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination in Brussels on September 13-14. Alvaro Rodriguez Alvarez, [...] |
2004-08-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SP OSCE |
| 04MADRID3134 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SUPPORT OF WADE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-18 15:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SP |
| 04MADRID3151 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. GEORGE THOMA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, Chief, Communications Engineering Branch, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Marbella and Alicante September 5-14 to present technical paper, "Baysian Learning of 2D Document Layout Models for Automated Preservatio [...] |
2004-08-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3152 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KALU [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kalu Ogbureke, Research Fellow, Craniofacial and Skeletal Disease Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-11 to attend and collaborate with other oral pathologists at a conference [...] |
2004-08-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3153 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. AURELIO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Aurelio Bonavia, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-10 to attend the European Virology 2004 Meeting and participate in the SARS Workshop [...] |
2004-08-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3154 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. VALERIE GREGG [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Valerie Gregg, Program Manager in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF) to travel to Zaragoza, August 27-September 4 to be a plenary speaker at the annual European Union's EGOV04 Research Confe [...] |
2004-08-20 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP NSFO |
| 04MADRID3155 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALLEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, August 30-September 12 to discuss projects of common interest with Dr. Ge [...] |
2004-08-20 10:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3163 | SPAIN: IMMIGRANT REMITTANCES ACHIEVE RECORD LEVELS [...] Summary. The large increase in cash remittances by immigrants from Spain to their home countries has caught the attention of the general Spanish media and the business press this summer. According to the Bank of Spain immigrants and other foreigners residing in Spain have remitted approximat [...] |
2004-08-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SP |
| 04MADRID3232 | MORATINOS AGREES WITH US POSITION FOR WEOG [...] (C) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos agrees with US efforts to reach a rotation agreement within WEOG to occupy the posts assigned in the Human Rights Commission. Poloff received the text of Moratinos' response to Secretary of State Colin Powell's August 11 letter (Ref A) fro [...] |
2004-08-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3246 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MUSTAFA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Oviedo, September 11-22 to meet with collaborators at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal D,Investigacio Medic [...] |
2004-08-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3247 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOAN MALING [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joan Maling, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation to travel to Barcelona, September 27-October 4 to attend the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 8 Conference. 2. Embassy [...] |
2004-08-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3248 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT NEWMAN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Newman and Richard Steketee, Medical Officers, DPD, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, September 21-25 to represent CDC as members of the Intermittent Preventative Treatment in Infants (IPTi) Consortium. 2. Embassy understands t [...] |
2004-08-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SP |
| 04MADRID3249 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS BOND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Bond, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-24 to visit INTA and participate in discussions on water film scaling and refurbishment upgrades. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visit [...] |
2004-08-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3250 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK POTAPCZUK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Potapczuk, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-23 to meet with INTA on updates on current SLD research activities. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that beare [...] |
2004-08-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3251 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLENN CADA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Cada, Research Staff Member, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory to travel to Madrid, September 9-21 to present the latest DOE-sponsored research into biological effects of turbulence to international scientists and engineers. 2 [...] |
2004-08-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3252 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD E. JENNINGS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard E. Jennings, Aerospace Engineer, Avionics Systems Branch, FAA to travel to Madrid, September 13-18 to attend ICAO ACP, Working Group C, UAT SARPS Meeting at INECO in Madrid. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...] |
2004-08-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SP |
| 04MADRID3255 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation to Second World Urban Forum including Simmons, Panehal, Carlson, Lord, Freedman and Glenn with USAID; Shea, Sorzano and Lam with HUD; Parcher with the U.S. Geological Survey; Hirsch with the Smithsonian Institute; and Swaney [...] |
2004-08-27 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3262 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOHN CLAY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Clay, Senior Investigator, Ion Channel Biophysics Group, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to Palma Majorca, September 11-19 to give a presentation, "Irregular Firing of a Neuron," at the 24th Annua [...] |
2004-08-30 10:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3263 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN MCCORMICK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen McCormick, Research Physiologist, U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Castellon, September 3-10 to attend and participate in the 5th International Symposium on fish endocrinology. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...] |
2004-08-30 10:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON TBIO SP |
| 04MADRID3264 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES R. SCHWANK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James R. Schwank, Sandia National Laboratories, NNSA to travel to Madrid, September 19-26 to attend the conference, "Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visito [...] |
2004-08-30 10:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3265 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DANA A. BREWER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Dana A. Brewer, NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, September 21-25 to discuss details of NASA,s participation in the Radiation Effects on Components and Systems Conference in 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...] |
2004-08-30 10:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3273 | SPANISH CABINET APPROVES C02 EMISSIONS PLAN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS August 27 issued a Royal Decree-Law that launched a National CO2 Emissions Allocation Plan designed to both: (1) set Spain on course for meeting its CO2 emissions commitments under the Kyoto Protocol; and, (2) comply with the EU Directive intended to launch the EU's CO [...] |
2004-08-31 08:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ETRD ENRG PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID3600 | A MID-TERM LOOK AT SPAIN'S SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Spain's Security Council September presidency with Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director of United Nations Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga Saldanha, MFA head of UNSC Issues. Both stressed that Spain has tried to be an "honest broker" as the hea [...] |
2004-09-21 06:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP UNSC UN |
| 04MADRID3603 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH BROOKS, SHANNON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) personnel: Elizabeth Brooks, Shannon Cass-Calay, Joseph Powers, Gerald Scott, Guillermo Diaz, Mauricio Ortiz, Clarence Porch, Craig Brown an [...] |
2004-09-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA EFIS OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3604 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL RUNDE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel Runde, USAID, Global Development Alliance, to travel to Spain from o/a October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference on the importance of bilateral donor agencies and to work closely with donor foundati [...] |
2004-09-21 07:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3605 | A MID-TERM LOOK AT SPAIN'S SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Spain's Security Council September presidency with Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director of United Nations Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga Saldanha, MFA head of UNSC Issues. Both stressed that Spain has tried to be an "honest broker" as the hea [...] |
2004-09-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID3614 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLARA OLAYA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clara Olaya, Health Communication Specialist, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 28-October 4, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present at a workshop entitled, "Narratives for Health," which will reach writers and [...] |
2004-09-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3625 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT POST [...] (SBU) Information provided below is keyed to ref A's para. 5. 2. (SBU) DCM Robert Manzanares serves as Terrorism Finance Coordinator (TFCO). Phone number: 34 - 91 587 2205. E-mail: ManzanaresB@state.gov 3. (SBU) Economic Officer Carl Schonander serves as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coor [...] |
2004-09-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3626 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRY DIAZ [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Diaz, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 20-October 1, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate accomplishments under the NOAA/OGP Project on Historical [...] |
2004-09-22 09:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA SENV OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3631 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANE KELLY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Kelly, Director of the National Diabetes Education Program, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 29-October 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak and present a workshop on diabetes and to give a presen [...] |
2004-09-22 12:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3639 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS. 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF SEP. 20, 2004 REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ETA TERRORISTS IN A POLICE ROAD BLOCK IN MONTAUBAN, FRANCE. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARMED AND DRIVING A S [...] |
2004-09-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3643 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MORGAN HALL [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Morgan Hall, Officer-in-Charge of Spain and Malta, EUR/WE, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain from September 26-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate personnel. 2. Control Officer for this [...] |
2004-09-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3644 | SPANISH GOVERNMENT STRONGLY SUPPORTS NEW [...] Summary: In a delayed response to ref A demarche, Technical Advisor Manuel Alhama Orenes in the Cabinet of Secretary of State for International Cooperation (aid) Leire SIPDIS Pajin, defined the new position of the GOS on international aid as "anything is possible". Spain is now a major sup [...] |
2004-09-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3647 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID W. MCKEE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David W. McKee, Department of State, to travel to Madrid, September 30 - October 2 to assist Embassy with its classified homepage on SIPRNET. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Suzannah Jones. She can be reached at work (34-91-587-238 [...] |
2004-09-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF PGOV PINR SP |
| 04MADRID3649 | REQUEST FOR SECURITY ADVISORY OPINION [...] Post requests an advisory opinion in the case of Ryan Air pilots applying for C1/D and B1/B2 visas to work in the United States for a six month period. Over the past year, Madrid has seen several cases of pilots requesting visas for six weeks of training, followed by approximately 5 months of [...] |
2004-09-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS SP |
| 04MADRID3666 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSULAR [...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance and welcomes Harris Orkand information services contractors Timothy Curran, Fernando Canarte, and Nancy Rapin to Barcelona, Spain, from September 28 to October 15, 2004. 2. Your hotel information is: Hotel Princesa Sofia Plaza Pio XII, 4 Barcelon [...] |
2004-09-24 08:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KCSY CMGT AADP CASC CPAS SP AMAT CUIS |
| 04MADRID3682 | SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF FINAL U.S. CARRIER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-24 11:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SP |
| 04MADRID3690 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN ALLEGRONE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen Allegrone, Director, EUR/WE to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, September 28 - October 2. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Robert J. Riley. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2392) on his mobile (34-609-0 [...] |
2004-09-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3696 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IFC PRIVATE [...] Embassy will continue to engage GOS on supporting the IFC facility. MANZANARES [...] |
2004-09-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV SP |
| 04MADRID3699 | SPANISH OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT BUSH REMARKS [...] (C) Spanish officials have reacted defensively to President Bush's remarks concerning Spain's withdrawal from Iraq, made at his September 23 joint press conference with Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Allawi. During a courtesy call by Charge and Econcouns September 24, the MFA's Director Genera [...] |
2004-09-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SP |
| 04MADRID3700 | SPAIN: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-24 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR SP ICAO |
| 04MADRID3701 | SPAIN'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary. The GOS has announced a plan to revise its Law on Foreign Aliens (Ley de Extranjeria) to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants who can demonstrate that they have worked a minimum of one year in Spain. The GOS is acting in response to a massive increase in illegal immigrat [...] |
2004-09-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SMIG MO SP |
| 04MADRID3715 | SPANISH BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS: THE CATALAN POSITION [...] Summary: Budget negotiations between the Catalan regional government and the central government will be a key challenge during the budgeting season which begins in earnest this week. The three parties currently in the Catalan government are unified in seeking increased funding for the regional [...] |
2004-09-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID3732 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY SOMMERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Sommers, Investigator, Detroit District Office, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 8-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compliance with F [...] |
2004-09-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3733 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEFANO LUCCIOLI AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stefano Luccioli, Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Food Additive Safety, and Kenneth Falci, Director, OSAS, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 2-7, 2004. The purpose of this visi [...] |
2004-09-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3734 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUE ANNE ASSIMON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sue Anne Assimon, Biologist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 3-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend a conference on Threshold Levels associated with allergenic foods [...] |
2004-09-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3735 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIEGO F. TORRES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Diego F. Torres, DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 9-November 13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to visit the High Energy Astrophysics Group at the Univer [...] |
2004-09-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3736 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY UYEKI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Uyeki, Medical Epidemiologist, DVRD, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) and to present a l [...] |
2004-09-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3737 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTONIO BOUZA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Antonio Bouza, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program, DOE, to travel to San Sebastian, Spain from October 12-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to obtain first hand, technical information in the field of hy [...] |
2004-09-28 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3741 | SPAIN: IRAQ DONOR'S MEETING TOKYO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3766 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY O'BRIEN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Zaragoza and Moron, Spain, from October 30-November 19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish government officials, to participate in transo [...] |
2004-09-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3767 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOYCE A. OBER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joyce A. Ober, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 22-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Sulfur 2004 Conference and to visit a sulfur recovery plant and a sulfuric acid plant. [...] |
2004-09-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3768 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JAMES MULSHINE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. James Mulshine, Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Pamplona, Spain from October 5-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give a presentation, "Integrated Approach to Population Based Early Lun [...] |
2004-09-29 12:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3769 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRIETTA HUBBARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henrietta Hubbard, Supervisory Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Outcomes Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Seville, Spain from November 17-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is [...] |
2004-09-29 12:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3773 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | CVIS EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN SP LVPR |
| 04MADRID3776 | SPAIN'S WEOG ROTATION RESPONSE IN AUGUST 27 LETTER [...] (C) To update the record Ref A, Poloff delivered Secretary of State Colin Powell's August 11 letter to the MFA SIPDIS and received the text of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos' response to Powell's letter on August 26. Madrid 3232 (Ref B) dated August 27, 2004, contains Moratinos' [...] |
2004-09-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3779 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL Q. WANG [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Q. Wang, Vehicle and Fuel Systems Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 3-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation of Wells-To-Wheels (WTW) Energy and Emission Effects of [...] |
2004-09-30 09:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3780 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE SCHONBERGER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Schonberger, Assistant Director for Public Health, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 21-24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to serve as an official advisor to the EU [...] |
2004-09-30 09:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3829 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EU ROAD MAP ON NORMALIZING LIBYA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Enrique Mora Benavente, Head of EU Planning at the MFA, on September 29. Mora Benavente told Poloff that Spain favors the four-step European "road map" to normalized relations and economic cooperation with Libya. The four-step process [...] |
2004-10-01 15:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV SP EUN |
| 04MADRID3833 | NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-04 11:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN SP |
| 04MADRID3835 | MADRID PUBLIC HEALTH TIDBITS [...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. HIV i [...] |
2004-10-04 12:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID3836 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORMAN ANTOKOL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Norman Antokol, Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, DOS to travel to Madrid, October 13-17 for orientation, familiarization and Embassy consultations on the political and economic circumstances in Spain. 2. Control Officer a [...] |
2004-10-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3840 | UNIONS PROTEST GOS PLAN FOR SAVING FAILING [...] (SBU) Summary. Zapatero's Socialist (PSOE) government is facing its first labor crisis since taking office in April, as shipyard workers in five cities stage unruly protests and block traffic to protest GOS backing of a restructuring plan that will lead to significant layoffs. The heart of th [...] |
2004-10-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SP |
| 04MADRID3843 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DEREK LEROITH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Derek LeRoith, Chief, Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 10-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct ongoing collaborative research with D [...] |
2004-10-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3844 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SNORRI THORGEIRSSON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Snorri Thorgeirsson Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Pamplona and Madrid, Spain from October 7-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "Molecular Basis of Hepatocarcinogenesis," at t [...] |
2004-10-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3846 | SPAIN CELEBRATES ARREST OF ETA LEADERS [...] (C) Summary. Spanish politicians, police officials, and the media rejoiced after learning of the capture of ETA leader Mikel Albizu Iriarte, his partner Soledad Iparragirre, and 19 other ETA members and supporters in southern France and northern Spain. Police also seized hundreds of pounds of [...] |
2004-10-05 08:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3862 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN KEITH COOPER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Keith Cooper, Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 19-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to perform US Airways outsource and line station inspections. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...] |
2004-09-24 01:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3863 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VLADA MATUSOVSKY AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vlada Matusovsky and Yvonne McKnight, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 29-November 5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compliance [...] |
2004-10-05 09:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3864 | MADRID ENVIRONMENT TIDBITS [...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. Prest [...] |
2004-10-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SP |
| 04MADRID3887 | EMBASSY MADRID STRENGTHENS MUSLIM OUTREACH [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid began its efforts for Muslim outreach in Spain by hosting the visit of Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Program Officer for the Middle East at the National Endowment for Democracy and the Department's first participant in the "Citizen Diplomat" program, September 29 - October [...] |
2004-10-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KPAO KISL SP |
| 04MADRID3889 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH DAILY NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS" ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED FIVE SUSPECTED ETA MEMBERS IN VIZCAYA AND LEON, SPA [...] |
2004-10-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID3892 | SPAIN URGES FRANCE TO BUDGE ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) The Spanish Foreign Ministry's chief diplomat for Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and African issues told visiting EUR/WE office director Kathy Allegrone October 1 that Spain has edged "closer toward neutrality" on the Western Sahara issue and is urging France to budge from its firm support [...] |
2004-10-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID3899 | MADRID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TIDBITS [...] Madrid's ESTH Officer periodically groups together and reports ESTH developments that might otherwise "fall below the reporting bar." Key issues will continue to be reported via "stand alone" cables. ESTH Officer Ken Forder welcomes feedback at forderk@state.gov. 2. INDEX: A. Polic [...] |
2004-10-06 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCI SOCI SP |
| 04MADRID3900 | SPAIN TO CONTRIBUTE ONE MILLION EUROS TO POLIO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-06 08:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO XG XT SP WHO OECD |
| 04MADRID3901 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANE VRIGNAUD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephane Vrignaud, NOAA Fisheries Representative to the European Union, United States Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, to travel to Vigo and Madrid, Spain from October 6-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in [...] |
2004-10-06 10:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP SP EUN |
| 04MADRID3907 | AZNAR DOMINATES POPULAR PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Mariano Rajoy, a long-time Aznar ally and the Popular Party's presidential candidate in the March 14 elections, was elected as the new President of the Popular Party (PP) during the 15th PP Party Congress. The event was dominated by enthusiastic expressions of support for former [...] |
2004-10-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID3911 | DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON IRAQ [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Moreno Humet to advise him of the 10/6 release of DCI Special Advisor Duelfer's report on Iraq WMD. Moreno requested details regarding the nature and scope of the ISG investigation, after whic [...] |
2004-10-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP KPDD |
| 04MADRID3914 | CUBA: MFA ON INVITING DISSIDENTS TO SPANISH [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pedro Gomez de Olea on 10/7 to discuss reports that the Spanish Embassy in Havana was planning to break with EU policy by not inviting dissidents to its national day reception on 10/12. Gomez de Olea, wh [...] |
2004-10-07 11:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
| 04MADRID3926 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JEAN CELLI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jean Celli, Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols and Barcelona, Spain from October 16-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend a workshop on Frontiers in Cellul [...] |
2004-10-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3927 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. EUN-CHUNG PARK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Eun-Chung Park, Program Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international symposium entitled, "Molecular Aspect [...] |
2004-10-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KHIV OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3928 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. CAROL KENDALL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carol Kendall, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 28-November 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as thesis examiner at the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of Laura V [...] |
2004-10-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SENV KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3929 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JORDI CLARIMON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jordi Clarimon, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 16-24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "Alzheimer and Parkinson: Two Different Entities with Si [...] |
2004-10-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3932 | STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY (STOP) [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-07 14:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO SP WTRO |
| 04MADRID3937 | SPAIN: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, TRADE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU CY SP |
| 04MADRID3941 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AARON FLEISCHAUER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aaron Fleischauer, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. 2. Embassy understands that [...] |
2004-10-08 08:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3951 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...] |
2004-10-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID3965 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AARON FLEISCHAUER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aaron Fleischauer, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. 2. Embassy understands that [...] |
2004-10-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3969 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, SPAIN'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, CHINA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, China, Libya, Sudan, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 6. Mora Benavente does not expect that Iraq will be discussed at the GAERC meetings. Spain's position on the China arms embargo remains unchanged; for [...] |
2004-10-08 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID3979 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Francisca Liem, Chief, Laboratory Data Integrity Branch, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and Assurance, EPA, to travel to Madrid and Valencia, Spain from October 22-29, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate Spain's Good Laboratory [...] |
2004-10-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3990 | SPAIN:DEMARCHE TO EU ON FREEZING MAOIST ASSETS [...] (U) We delivered ref A points October 6 to Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning. Mora Benavente assured us that Spain considers the Maoist rebels to be terrorists. He does not believe that other EU governments consider the Maoists freedom fighters. Mora Benavente expects that Spain [...] |
2004-10-14 07:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN NP SP |
| 04MADRID3991 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. ACTIONS TO TERMINATE LARGE [...] (U) We delivered Reftel A demarche to Javier Hergueta Garnica, Deputy Director General of Bilateral International Economic Relations with Europe and the OECD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, as well as Sr. Joan Trullen Tomas, Secretary General of Industry and Jesus Candil Gonzalo [...] |
2004-10-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ETRD SP |
| 04MADRID3992 | SPAIN: MFA SUPPORTIVE OF SHELL/REPSOL FRAMEWORK [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Repsol YPF's Director General for the Eastern Hemisphere and Orient Mario B. Rosso, as well as to Alberto Moreno Humet, Deputy Director of the Near East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. 2. (SBU) Moreno expressed doubt that this issue would g [...] |
2004-10-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ETTC ENRG EPET SP |
| 04MADRID3993 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONATHAN WEBER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jonathan Weber, Assistant to the Director for Antimicrobial Resistance, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd EARSS-ESAC Plenary Meeting. 2. Embassy understand [...] |
2004-10-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID3994 | EXTRADITION CASE OF GREGG RENE WALTER [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 5626600, from October 18 to [...] |
2004-10-14 12:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS KCRM SP GREGG RENE WALTER |
| 04MADRID4005 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT A. SCHMIDT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert A. Schmidt, NASA, to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain from November 8-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a transoceanic abort landing site emergency services exercise. 2. Embassy understands that no assistanc [...] |
2004-10-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4007 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN H. FRIZELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen H. Frizell, Research Hydraulic Engineer, Water Resources Research Laboratory, Technical Service Center, Bureau of Reclamation, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give two pres [...] |
2004-10-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4015 | UNSCR 1559: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT FOLLOW-UP RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff disscussed Ref A points on 4/13 with MFA Deputy Director General for the Near East Alberto Moreno Humet. He said the GOF had already engaged the Spanish MFA several times on this issue and that the Spain generally accepted French and U.S. thinking on how to proceed. Moreno said he [...] |
2004-10-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID4020 | KYOTO NOW MATTERS TO SPAIN [...] (SBU) During an October 13 courtesy call by newly arrived ESTHOFF, Environment Ministry General Coordinator for Climate Change Teresa Rivera stressed that the Kyoto Protocol enjoyed the strong support of the entire cabinet of the "new" Spanish Government, and that Spain was determined to do its [...] |
2004-10-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4039 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS GLYN DAVIES [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Glyn Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, October 19-22. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Robert J. Riley. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2392), on his mobile [...] |
2004-10-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4046 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JACKIE BLACK, FAA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jackie Black, FAA Safety Inspector, AFS-50, FAA, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from October 18-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to ensure that recertification inspection and added (aircraft) ratings are commensurate to the FAA authorizations [...] |
2004-10-15 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4060 | ALLEGED MISDEEDS OF U.S. FLAGGED RESEARCH VESSEL [...] (C) The R/V Powell has been on U.S. Embassy Madrid's radar screen since September, when it first contacted us for assistance in processing a request to make a port call in a Spanish harbor. Since our first contact with it, this vessel has demonstrated a consistent pattern of ignoring and at [...] |
2004-10-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL MARR KRVC TPHY SP EWWT |
| 04MADRID4063 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REGRETS UNHELPFUL MOD [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon told DCM Manzanares Oct. 14 that he agreed that DefMin Bono's comments last week about US-Spain relations and the US role in the Spanish National Day Parade were extremely unhelpful. Leon promised there would be no further comments from President Zapatero [...] |
2004-10-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4073 | GOS ARRESTS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS [...] (C) Summary. Spanish National Police arrested eight Maghrebi residents of Spain on charges of planning to bomb Spain's High Court, which takes the lead in GOS terrorism investigations. The detentions were based in part on USG information provided through Legatt channels. According to news r [...] |
2004-10-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC SP |
| 04MADRID4078 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BARRACK, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. William Barrack, Dr. Richard Davey, Ms. Nikki Gettinger, Ms. Janet Herrera, Dr. H. Clifford Lane, Dr. Sandra Lehrman, Dr. Ana Martinez, Ms. Laura McNay, Dr. Karen Oseekey, Dr. Jorge Tavel, Mr. John Tierney, and Ms. Susan Vogel, employees of [...] |
2004-10-20 06:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID4079 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL D. STROTTMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel P. Strottman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), to travel to Valencia, Spain from March 1-May 31, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct collaborations with scientists from the Univ [...] |
2004-10-20 08:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4080 | SPAIN ON POLISARIO RHETORIC, WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary. Spain will convey a message to the Madrid Polisario representative calling on the Polisario to cease threats to resume armed conflict with Morocco. MFA Maghreb Office Director Carlos Fernandez Arias also shared Spain's views on the state of play in Western Morocco, including GOS [...] |
2004-10-20 12:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MO AG SP |
| 04MADRID4090 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SUSAN MACKEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Mackem, Chief, Developmental Biology Section, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 23-27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Juan March Workshop on Hedgehog-Gli Signaling and give a p [...] |
2004-10-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4091 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN SHEEHAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Sheehan, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from October 27-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international symposium on the future of the sheep and goat dairy sectors. 2. Embass [...] |
2004-10-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4093 | PRESS REPORTS PROGRESS IN BREAKING UP TRAFFICKING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SP |
| 04MADRID4112 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS ZARZECKI [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Zarzecki, Department of State to travel to Madrid, October 24-26 to meet with Spanish officials to discuss conventional weapons procurement issues (per reftels B,C and D). 2. (U) Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political [...] |
2004-10-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL MARR PARM SP |
| 04MADRID4113 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD P. COMPTON, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard P. Compton, Director, Office of Research and Technology, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 9-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the United [...] |
2004-10-22 14:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4114 | WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA) MARKET [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-22 15:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SP WTO |
| 04MADRID4115 | CUBA: SPAIN CONFIDENT IT CAN OVERTURN EU MEASURES [...] (C) Summary. Spain is determined to roll back key elements of the June 2003 EU "restrictive measures" on Cuba implemented in the wake of Castro's crackdown on the opposition. MFA officials are confident they have sufficient support within the EU to do so. The GOS counts the UK, France, Swed [...] |
2004-10-22 15:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU SP |
| 04MADRID4116 | SPANISH ON ITER HOME [...] (U) ESTHOFF made reftel points October 19-22 to: (1) Juan Antonio Rubio, Director General of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Technology Investigation (CIEMAT); (2) Francisco Javier Arana Landa, Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy, Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce; ( [...] |
2004-10-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY TSPL TNGD ENRG SP |
| 04MADRID4119 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA REPORTED ON OCT. 4, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS THAT FRENCH POLICE IN COORDINATION WITH THE SPANISH GUARDIA [...] |
2004-10-22 15:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP |
| 04MADRID4128 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEON SAYADIAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leon Sayadian, US Member of WG-67, ATO-P, FAA Headquarters, Architecture and System Eng., ATO-P, NAS Technical Engineering, ATO-P, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with persons in his [...] |
2004-10-19 18:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4147 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on October 21 to discuss law enforcement issues, including counterterrorism cooperation, trafficking in persons, and Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition treaties (MLAT). The Ambassador stressed the USG's [...] |
2004-10-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC SP |
| 04MADRID4154 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. PHILIP C. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Philip C. Stepaniak and Dr. Rainer K. Efenhauser, NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona and Rota, Spain from November 11-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to instruct Department of Defense personnel on shuttle operations m [...] |
2004-10-28 09:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4179 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, NOV 2: IRAQ, IRAN, MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Russia, Sudan, Somalia, Ukraine, Kosovo, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 26 and October 28. Mora Benavente said that EU police training in Iraq would take place after [...] |
2004-10-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID4192 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN FINKBOHNER, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jon Finkbohner and Robert Darius, Investigators, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and Sidney Priesmeyer and Cynthia Jim, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 11-13, 2004. The purpose of [...] |
2004-11-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4195 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID DEMARINI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David DeMarini, EPA Official, Office of Research and Development, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture entitled, "Mutagenicity of Disinfection By-Products Associated with Drinking [...] |
2004-11-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4196 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ANTONIO FOJO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Fojo, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from November 23-27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Second Spanish Lung Cancer Group Symposium and to give a talk entitl [...] |
2004-11-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4197 | SPAIN: BRIEFING ON IRAN PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dr. Thomas Zarzecki of INR/SPM, accompanied by poloff, provided an intelligence briefing to an interagency GOS audience on October 25 on arms procurement attempts in European countries by state sponsors of terrorism, especially Iran. The well-received briefing sparked discussion [...] |
2004-11-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS MOPS PINR IR SP |
| 04MADRID4199 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFERY BROWN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffery Brown, Senior Deputy Comptroller, United States Treasury Department, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 4-7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference entitled, "Prudential Regulation and Banking Supervis [...] |
2004-10-26 19:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4203 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. WILLIAM RUNDELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. William Rundell, Division Director for the Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF), to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 15-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk on the deve [...] |
2004-11-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4241 | FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN SPAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High oil prices and the ever more apparent economic costs of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol should guarantee that the possibility of constructing new nuclear power plants in Spain remains the subject of public debate. However, given that the Zapatero Government will not/ [...] |
2004-11-03 13:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY SP |
| 04MADRID4243 | ILSA RESPONSE FROM REPSOL IS BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (SBU) We spoke with Mario B. Rosso, Director General of the Eastern Hemisphere and Caribbean for REPSOL-YPF (Repsol) about Reftel A and B points. 2. (SBU) Rosso was well-prepared to handle the topic, explaining that the framework agreement noted in Reftel B was only "investigative," and t [...] |
2004-11-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR SP |
| 04MADRID4256 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTIAN C. MAENDER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Christian C. Maender and Keith A. Tucker, NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Critical D [...] |
2004-11-04 11:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4258 | EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BERARDUCCI [...] Post personally delivered Dip note no. 583 to the Chief of the Unit of Consular Legal Matters at the Foreign Ministry. Spanish official informed post that they would fax copy of Dip Note to the President of the Criminal division of the National Court for any appropriate action 2. Embassy w [...] |
2004-11-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS SNAR KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER |
| 04MADRID4265 | JAILED ETA LEADERS CALL FOR END TO ARMED STRUGGLE [...] (U) Summary. Six jailed ETA members signed a letter addressed to the ETA leadership calling for an end to the armed struggle in favor of political action in cooperation with leftist parties. The letter, which was evidently not intended for public release but found its way to a regional newsp [...] |
2004-11-04 16:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4266 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HAROLD E. BROOKS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold E. Brooks, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to travel to Madrid and Leon, Spain from November 5-13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the European Conference on Severe Storms. [...] |
2004-11-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4278 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICIO MALDONADO, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricio Maldonado, Director of the Americas' Accountability/Anti-Corruption Project of Casals & Associates, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the Americas Accountability and [...] |
2004-11-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4279 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. TERRY PHILLIPS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Terry Phillips, Chief, Ultramicro Analytical Immunochemistry Resource, Office of Research Services, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Toledo, Spain from November 6-10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present the keynote lect [...] |
2004-11-05 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4281 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL YOUNG [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep Bill Young, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee (HAC), and delegation members, to travel to Rota from November 9-11, 2004 to review estimates in the field for the Departments of Defense and State. 2. Embassy Point of Contact [...] |
2004-11-05 16:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IT SP |
| 04MADRID4283 | SPAIN: ZAPATERO TO RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITH [...] (C) The Government of Spain is aware of all three human rights issues raised in reftel demarche. The Spanish agree that the possible moves by Chavez supporters threaten democracy, human rights and civil rights in Venezuela. The Zapatero government will raise these issues with Venezuelan pre [...] |
2004-11-05 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SP |
| 04MADRID4286 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM HALSEY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Halsey, Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a technical expert in OECD/NEA's working group [...] |
2004-11-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4290 | SPANISH GOVERNMENT POLICY ON HIV/AIDS AT HOME AND [...] Secretary of the Spanish National AIDS Plan Lourdes Chamorro Ramos briefed ESTHOFF November 4 on her office's domestic and international activities/priorities. Chamorro Ramos, the highest ranking Spanish Government official focusing solely on HIV/AIDS, indicated that her office has a good ha [...] |
2004-11-08 12:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID4297 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANDREA CORCORAN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrea Corcoran, Director, Office of International Affairs, and Robert Rosenfeld, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an IOSCO Seminar [...] |
2004-11-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4299 | SPECIAL 301 MID-TERM REVIEW WITH COPYRIGHT [...] This is an action cable. See para. 6.1. 2. Summary: Spanish copyright industry representatives said at a 10/29/04 DCM-hosted lunch that it was too soon to tell where the Zapatero government was going with respect to IP protection. The majority said they had no view at this time whether Sp [...] |
2004-11-08 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR SP |
| 04MADRID4313 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DEPUTY SENIOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER NICHOLAS RANDAL KUCHOVA TO TRAVEL TO JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA FROM NOVEMBER 13 - JOHANNESBURG; NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 - CAPE TOWN; AND NOVEMBER 16 UNTIL 20, 2004 - JOHANNESBURG. 2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT [...] |
2004-11-10 16:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP SP |
| 04MADRID4315 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DEPUTY SENIOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER NICHOLAS RANDAL KUCHOVA TO TRAVEL TO JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA FROM NOVEMBER 13 - JOHANNESBURG; NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 - CAPE TOWN; AND NOVEMBER 16 UNTIL 20, 2004 - JOHANNESBURG. 2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT [...] |
2004-11-10 16:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP SP |
| 04MADRID4316 | EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL [...] Christopher Michael Berarducci's surrender is getting strong press coverage in major newspapers in Spain. "El Mundo", one of Spain's leading newspapers states that Spain is going to surrender subject to the US without receiving the requested assurances. The publication quotes Post's dipnotes t [...] |
2004-11-10 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER |
| 04MADRID4318 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. STRAHOTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert D. Strahota, Assistant Director, United States Securities and Exchange Commissioner, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Organization of Securities Commissions [...] |
2004-11-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4319 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH ZAMORA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Zamora, Economist, Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 20-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to establish contacts within the agency and make specific [...] |
2004-11-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4335 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICIA MCILROY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia McIlroy, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an inspection of Advanced Medical Optics in Spain. 2. Embassy understands [...] |
2004-11-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4336 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY S. KARGEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey S. Kargel, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-21, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present an invited seminar at the Astrobiology Institute (INTA) and to participate in field i [...] |
2004-11-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KSCA TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4337 | SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: [...] (C) Poloff met on 11/12 with Eva Martinez of the MFA's Directorate General for the Near East to encourage Spanish assistance for the Iraqi Special Tribunal. Martinez said Spain had received no request from the Iraqi Interim Authority (IIG) for assistance in preparing for the Iraqi Special Tri [...] |
2004-11-12 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PREF SP |
| 04MADRID4341 | BEST WISHES AND PENDING ISSUE [...] I was saddened to hear of the President' acceptance of your resignation. The Administration is losing one of its most effective leaders. Thank you for your tireless efforts to further the President's Economic Program. 2. Please accept my best wishes as you return to your family in Texas [...] |
2004-11-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC SP SY |
| 04MADRID4350 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ERNEST HAMEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ernest Hamel, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 11-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak in a seminar series sponsored by the Centro De Investigaciones Biologicas, to give a talk [...] |
2004-11-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4351 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. PAUL WADE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Paul Wade, Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 27-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Onc [...] |
2004-11-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4367 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MAKES FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos November 10 at the Foreign Ministry for a farewell call. Ambassador began by saying it was time to get the U.S.-Spain relationship moving forward. Moratinos agreed and said Spain and the U.S. needed to start working on a positi [...] |
2004-11-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4373 | SPANISH DELEGATION TO THE CWC DISCUSSIONS ON HOST [...] (C) In response to reftel request regarding Spain's participation in host country agreement (HCA) discussions on the margins of the 29 November-3 December session of the 9th Conference of States Parties (CSP), an MFA official told poloff November 10 that the following officials plan to attend [...] |
2004-11-15 16:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA SP CWC |
| 04MADRID4374 | (S) SPAIN: SHIELD S59A-03: EMBASSY MEETING ON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloffs delivered non-paper providing additional information on Telstar on November 10 to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's director general for international economic relations, Javier Hergueta. Hergueta said Telstar is willing to cooper [...] |
2004-11-15 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC SP CBW |
| 04MADRID4376 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JAMES F. REILLY II [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. James F. Reilly II, Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Payload Review [...] |
2004-11-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4381 | SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Spain supports Turkish EU candidacy, a policy that has remained consistent through both the Popular Party administration of Jose Maria Aznar and the current Socialist administration of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. MFA EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo told Poloff November 15 t [...] |
2004-11-16 11:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU SP |
| 04MADRID4382 | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR YUGOSLAVIA: [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM SP UNGA |
| 04MADRID4385 | SPAIN'S 2005 BUDGET TRIES TO BALANCE SOCIALIST [...] SUMMARY: Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes Mira presented the Socialist government's first General State budget to Congress on 30 September. After passing the Chamber of Deputies, the budget has been forwarded to the Senate for debate and approval. It will then be returned [...] |
2004-11-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4405 | ANDALUSIA BALANCES BUDGET WITH GOS AND EU HELP [...] Summary: The Andalusian budget which was presented to the regional Parliament the final week of October contains EUR 24.5 billion (USD 31.7 billion) in outlays, an increase of 10% over 2004. Andalusia has already received the funds necessary to pay for its budget expenditures from the central [...] |
2004-11-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID4414 | EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR JOHN MCKENNA AND FRED CARLE FROM THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY TO TRAVEL TO MADRID AND BARCELONA FROM DECEMBER 11 - 18 TO CONDUCT END-USE CHECKS ON COMPANIES IN SPAIN. 2. TRAVELER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SPAIN REQUIRES A VISA FOR OFFICIAL OR DIPLOMAT [...] |
2004-11-18 14:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC OTRA AU BEXP SP |
| 04MADRID4415 | TERRORISM FINANCE DISCUSSIONS WITH GOS TREASURY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER SP |
| 04MADRID4427 | SPANISH ON ITER, EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE [...] (U) This is an action request for OES/SAT and OES/STC: see paragraphs 5 and 6 (respectively). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Spanish Science officials continue to believe that France will ultimately cut a deal with Japan that will bring the ITER to the French site along with sufficient guarant [...] |
2004-11-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCI TSPA ENRG TSPL TNGD TRGY SP |
| 04MADRID4428 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANIE PAYNE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephanie Payne Clarke, Department of Energy, Allison Christine Bennett, Sandia National Laboratories, Whitney J. Creer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Steven Mark Dinehart, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stephanie Deanne Ketring, Sand [...] |
2004-11-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4429 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ALASDAIR STEVEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alasdair Steven, Chief, Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from December 1-5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to serve on [...] |
2004-11-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4430 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloffs met with the MFA desk officer for Russia and Eastern European affairs, Marta Ruiz, 11/16 to encourage Spain's participation in the second round of presidential election in the Ukraine set for November 21 and to hear GOS views on imposing visa restrictions on Ukrainian officials w [...] |
2004-11-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU SP |
| 04MADRID4431 | SPAIN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT U.S. METHYL BROMIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-19 12:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SP |
| 04MADRID4432 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL LUNCH WITH ECONOMY MINISTER [...] Summary. During a farewell lunch with the Ambassador, Second Vice President and Minister of the Economy Pedro Solbes gave a tour d'horizon of the status of the 2005 budget, current and projected growth rates for the economy, government plans to ease the overheated housing market, and his tak [...] |
2004-11-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID4437 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANIK EDWARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Janik Edward, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Rota, Spain from December 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to perform a regulatory inspection of medical devices at MQSA, US Naval Hospital. 2. Embas [...] |
2004-11-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4443 | SPAIN SUPPORTS SUDAN DRAFT RESOLUTION IN UNSC [...] (C) Spain fully agrees with U.S. efforts on the UK-penned draft resolution focusing on the North-South peace process in Sudan. Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the MFA, told Poloff that he hoped that the resolution would be passed by consensus in Na [...] |
2004-11-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID4444 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloffs met with the MFA desk officer for Russia and Eastern European affairs, Marta Ruiz, November 16 to encourage Spain's participation in election monitoring during the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election on November 21 and to hear GOS views on imposing visa restrictio [...] |
2004-11-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU SP |
| 04MADRID4445 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOV 22 GAERC: MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the Middle East Peace Process, China, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus, ESDP issues, Iran, and Ukraine with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo on November 18. Poloff also discussed Spain's views on Turkey with Juan Aristegui, MFA Subdirector General o [...] |
2004-11-22 07:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID4465 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MCCONNELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert McConnell, Senior Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, Department of Energy, to travel to Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from December 10-15, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lead the Internationa [...] |
2004-11-23 08:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4485 | SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID4488 | SPAIN: LATEST ON EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CH SP EUN |
| 04MADRID4492 | MEETING ON WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told Charge that the MOD will take the lead in promoting "excellent" bilateral ties between Spain and the U.S. Regarding the tender for the S-80 submarine weapons system, Pardo indicated a GOS decision would be forthcoming soon. He strongl [...] |
2004-11-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL SP |
| 04MADRID4499 | SPAIN/IRAN-IAEA: RESPONSE TO US REQUEST FOR STRONG [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR SP IAEA |
| 04MADRID4500 | MFA CLAIMS SURPRISE AT CUBA'S NORMALIZATION OF TIES [...] (C) Summary. MFA DG for Latin America Sandomingo told Polcouns that the GOS had been surprised by the Cuban Government announcement that it would resume official contacts with the Spanish Embassy in Havana after more than 17 months of having "frozen" such ties. Sandomingo cast the move as a [...] |
2004-11-26 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4501 | SPANISH OFFICIALS CANNOT ATTEND MEETING IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Spanish officials have indicated that they will now be unable to attend discussion on the host country agreement (HCA) on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as previously promised because it conflicts with other arms control meetings that they are scheduled to attend during the [...] |
2004-11-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA SP CWC |
| 04MADRID4502 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN RUSSELL COCHRAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Russell Cochran and Ahmed A. Hasan, Sandia National Laboratories, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, Department of Energy, to travel to Cordoba, Spain from December 8-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit [...] |
2004-11-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4503 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD HAYES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edward Hayes, Epidemiologist, DVBID, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to teach "Public Health Strategies in the Tropics," at the Masters of International Health and Tropical [...] |
2004-11-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP CDC |
| 04MADRID4504 | SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID4528 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE IMEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to George Imel, Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 8-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a specialists meeting held by CIEMAT concerning the final muse [...] |
2004-11-30 11:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KSCA KNNP OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4547 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. MARGARET V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret V. Federline, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and to Mr. James E. Kennedy, Technical Assistant, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to travel [...] |
2004-12-01 12:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA |
| 04MADRID4548 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. MARGARET V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret V. Federline, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and to Mr. James E. Kennedy, Technical Assistant, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to travel [...] |
2004-12-01 12:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA |
| 04MADRID4550 | SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on suppo [...] |
2004-12-01 12:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4553 | SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on suppo [...] |
2004-12-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4554 | SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on support for [...] |
2004-12-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4585 | SPAIN/AFGHANISTAN: SPAIN STILL CONSIDERING ISAF [...] (C) Prior to receipt of ref a demarche request, Charge, Polcouns and other embassy officers used previously scheduled meetings and conversatons the week of November 23 and 26 to press the Chief of Defense, Deputy Defense Minister, MOD DG for International Relations and MFA Political Director [...] |
2004-12-02 16:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SP NATO |
| 04MADRID4603 | VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN [...] (SBU) Summary Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30-December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Davis [...] |
2004-12-03 13:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SP |
| 04MADRID4612 | CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as primarily economic in nature. Chavez commenced his stay by stating that good relations with Spain "have become of strategic importance" and that he "welcomes the [...] |
2004-12-03 16:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE |
| 04MADRID4613 | SPAIN BETS ON WINDPOWER [...] (SBU) Spain's "new" Socialist Party (PSOE) Government, unlike its center-right predecessor, appears be taking quite seriously the commitment, enshrined in domestic law and EU Directive, to derive 12 percent of energy consumption from renewable energy sources by 2010. Renewable energy sources [...] |
2004-12-03 16:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SP |
| 04MADRID4627 | WEEKEND BOMBINGS MASK DECLINING ETA CAPABILITIES [...] (C) Summary. ETA terrorists carried out twelve bombings in two sets of coordinated attacks during the December 3-6 holiday weekend in Spain. The bombs consisted of small devices and there were no fatalities, though 10-20 people sustained minor injuries. The first series of bombings took plac [...] |
2004-12-09 08:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4637 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LLOYD L. LOOPE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lloyd L. Loope, Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate at the convention on Biological Diversity. 2. Embassy u [...] |
2004-12-09 10:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KSCA TBIO TPHY OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4657 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Attorney General Ashcroft and his team on December 17 for the signing of the bilateral protocol to the multilateral MLAT (REF A) and a meeting with Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar. We have incorporated the new arri [...] |
2004-12-10 07:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP CASC KCRM KJUS PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID4677 | SPAIN: CHARGE MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz December 9. Sanz said he will do all in his power to strengthen U.S./Spain military ties. He agreed it was not useful talk about whether the military relationship between the two countries is "balanced," rather Spain' [...] |
2004-12-10 16:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS SP NATO |
| 04MADRID4679 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-13 11:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AF SP |
| 04MADRID4687 | DEPUTY FM LEON ON CUBA, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-13 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SP |
| 04MADRID4709 | BIOSAFETY DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Summary: The Zapatero government is changing Spain's previously pro-biotech position to one more opposed to the technology. This is clear from Environment Minister Narbona's statements, Spanish votes on EU Commission biotech proposals, a d [...] |
2004-12-15 07:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD SENV SP |
| 04MADRID4728 | SPAIN ON EU BATTERY DIRECTIVE [...] ESTHOFF discussed reftel December 15 with Environment Ministry Waste Prevention Deputy Director General Juan Martinez Sanchez, requesting answers to the five specified questions. Martinez Sanchez provided the following responses (keyed to the five questions): -- Until December 8, 2004, Sp [...] |
2004-12-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD SENV SP |
| 04MADRID4734 | SUMMER 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Summer 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - eight - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, two for the Managemen [...] |
2004-12-16 12:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT ASEC SP |
| 04MADRID4745 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM KILMARTIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Kilmartin, Department of Energy , National Nuclear Security Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 19-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to support the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Spain to coop [...] |
2004-12-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4753 | SPANISH BUDGET VETOED IN THE SENATE AS EXPECTED [...] Summary. Spain's Senate vetoed December 13 the Socialist government's 2005 budget. The budget, which already passed the lower house, will now be returned for further consideration. The lower house may pass the budget over the Senate's objections next week by an absolute majority, or by a si [...] |
2004-12-17 17:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SP |
| 04MADRID4768 | SPANISH CONGRESS RATIFIES S AND T AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request for OES/STC -- see para 3. 2. Embassy has received Spanish Foreign Ministry Note Verbal 385/2.3, dated December 14, 2004, informing us that the Spanish lower house and Senate had ratified the January 20 and February 2, 2004 exchange of notes extending the validi [...] |
2004-12-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCI PREL SP |
| 04MADRID4774 | SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...] |
2004-12-20 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SP |
| 04MADRID4777 | POPULAR PARTY FORESEES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Popular Party's Economic Spokesperson in Parliament Miguel Arias Canete predicted 2005 would be a good year for Spain, but that beginning in 2006 Spain's economy would sour and imperil Spain's Socialist government. He declared strong respect for Minister of Economy and F [...] |
2004-12-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD TBIO SP |
| 04MADRID4778 | SPAIN: INDECISIVE ON ISAF STAGE TWO ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 20 with Spanish National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana to discuss Spain's role in ISAF stage two. Casajuana was very reluctant to commit the Zapatero government to any role in stage two. Casajuana said it was very unlikely the GOS would announce a decisi [...] |
2004-12-21 07:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO |
| 04MADRID4787 | SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP |
| 04MADRID4788 | ITER: SPAIN DEMARCHED ON ITER FINANCING [...] (C) ESTHOFF passed Ref A points and letter December 20 to Science Ministry Technology Policy Director General Carlos Alejaldre Losilla, reiterating U.S. support for Japan's ITER proposal, noting U.S. concerns regarding lack of clarity in the EU's ITER proposal, and underscoring our commitment [...] |
2004-12-21 11:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TRGY SP EUN |
| 04MADRID4793 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM SP EFIN |
| 04MADRID4803 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM SP EFIN |
| 04MADRID4827 | LOCAL NGO PRESSURES SPAIN ON CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. On 12/21, Poloff met with Rafael Rubio, head of the Spanish NGO "Cuba en Transicion" (Cuba in Transition), a human rights organization dedicated to raising public awareness in Spain about human rights abuses in Cuba. Rubio, who generally works with the Popular Party (PP) but has [...] |
2004-12-22 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4830 | VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT FOR MLAT SIGNING [...] (C) Summary. Attorney General John Ashcroft visited Spain on December 17 to sign the bilateral protocols to the U.S.-EU Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) and Extradition Treaty. During his one-day visit, Attorney General Ashcroft also held separate meetings with the Minister of Justice and the M [...] |
2004-12-22 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KJUS PREL SP |
| 04MADRID4831 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MARIA CHAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Maria Chan, Team Leader, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, DHHS to travel to Valencia, January 22-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting and be a speaker at the Fundacion Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, 1s [...] |
2004-12-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID4832 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Edward Kilmartin from the National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, to travel to Madrid, December 19-23 to attend the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spain to coop [...] |
2004-12-22 16:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID484 | SPANISH PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) On February 11 we spoke with Roman Escolano, Economic Advisor to Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar to get an update (since reftels A and B) on where Aznar's initiative for barrier-free transatlantic trade is going. Escolano confessed that the GOS is in an anomalous situation -- a month [...] |
2004-02-12 12:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID4840 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID OFFICIALS ADOLFO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to AID/AA/LAC Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, January 8-12. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Please provide an agenda of the me [...] |
2004-12-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP USAID |
| 04MADRID4850 | VALIDITY OF PASSPORTS BEYOND THEIR EXPIRATION [...] (SENSITIVE) SPAIN: MFA confirms that Spanish citizens have the right to enter Spain regardless of the validity (or absence) of passport or other identity documents. Since Spain has been maintaining a database of Spanish nationals, including biometric elements, for over 150 years, the Spanis [...] |
2004-12-27 08:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT SP AN |
| 04MADRID4851 | GOS PASSES BUDGET OVER SENATE VETO [...] The Spanish parliament passed the 2005 General Budget December 22 with an absolute majority over the Senate's veto. The budget passed with a vote of 180 to 162. The parties voting in favor of the budget were the Socialists, the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), the United Left (IU), the Ca [...] |
2004-12-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
| 04MADRID4887 | SHIELD S59A-03: SPAIN INFORMED THAT TELSTAR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-29 15:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC SP IR CBW |
| 04MADRID4889 | SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF U.S. CARRIER SCHEDULES FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-29 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SP |
| 04MADRID4890 | SPAIN: YUKOS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-29 17:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON PREL PHUM KPAO RS SP |
| 04MADRID490 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance Dr. Marta Leon-Monzon, Health Science Administrator, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Valencia March 9-13 to participate as a keynote speaker and a round table discussant in the Conference "Aids and Drugs" at the [...] |
2004-02-12 16:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA KHIV SP |
| 04MADRID492 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC OFFICER [...] Embassy Madrid requests country clearance for Economic Officer Marta Youth who has Top Secret Clearance, to travel to Brussels February 17-18 to attend USEU Conference on Commerce. 2. No embassy assistance is requested. MANZANARES [...] |
2004-02-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP |
| 04MADRID495 | POINTS DELIVERED: FOREIGN LEADERS MEETING WITH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Esther Monterrubio, Director General for Eastern Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Monterrubio said that Spain, as an EU member, is monitoring elections in the Ukraine very carefully. She agreed with our position that the Ukraine's accession t [...] |
2004-02-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP SP EUN |
| 04MADRID513 | BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL: HIGHLIGHTING SPAIN'S BT [...] In response to reftel, Embassy's Biotechnology Working Group would like to propose creating a video to record and widely disseminate Spain's positive experience with planting and commercializing Bt corn. While local estimates for executing our project proposal are likely too high to be comple [...] |
2004-02-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TBIO TSPL ETRD SENV EAGR KPAL SP |
| 04MADRID519 | SPANISH DELEGATES TO ATTEND MARCH 23 DEFENSE [...] AS REQUESTED REFTEL, EMBASSY PROVIDED LETTER ON THE PROPOSED MARCH 23 EXPORT DIALOG TO MR. RAMON MURO MARTINEZ AT THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS. MR. MURO INFORMED US THAT HE WILL LEAD A SPANISH DELEGATION OF THREE OFFICIALS. IN ADDITION TO MURO, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WILL BE JOSE L [...] |
2004-02-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC SP |
| 04MADRID520 | ENCOURAGING SPAIN TO PURSUE BUSINESS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. With continued "bad press" over the lack of Iraq reconstruction-related contracts for Spanish firms, we met with Ministry of Economy's Director General for Commercial Policy Carlos Jimenez to share lessons learned reftel. Our overtures were welcome, but we also received a clear [...] |
2004-02-13 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP |
| 04MADRID526 | SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID DONORS' CONFERENCE FOR [...] We met February 13 with Ministry of Economy officials Ramon Guzman, Director General for Trade and Investments, and Carlos Jimenez, Director General for Commercial Policy, to discuss reftel. Both participate regularly in the Core Group conference calls. According to Guzman and Jimenez, the GO [...] |
2004-02-13 16:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP |
| 04MADRID527 | SPANISH ELECTION OUTLOOK: ONE MONTH OUT, POPULAR [...] (C) Polls one month before the March 14 Spanish general election continue to point to victory for the Popular Party and Aznar's successor as party leader, Mariano Rajoy. The PP hopes not just for a plurality, but for an absolute majority. Were the PP to fall far short of an absolute majority, [...] |
2004-02-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP NATO |
| 04MADRID553 | Spanish Film Campaign: Promotion or Protectionism? [...] Spain's film industry has kicked off 2004 with a campaign aimed at promoting Spanish films by belittling those "made in the USA." Despite the campaign's anti-American tone, there's no need for Hollywood to worry yet. GOS policy, as voiced by President Aznar, suggests that the introduction of m [...] |
2004-02-18 08:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD |